Speakup Modified Fedora 4 Will Be Delayed

[Janina Sajka]

No, sir. Fedora has been very consistent about this for years. You've
just never noticed before.

Steve Dawes writes:
> There is no confusion.
> It is just that Fedora has decided to change what they are including in
> their naming structure. If anything, Fedora has changed the structure.
> 2.6.11 is 2.6.11 and not 2.6.12 and if you decide to make the kernel to be a
> 2.6.12 kernel then name it appropriately.
> Steve
> 
> Steve Dawes
> Calgary Canada.
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 3:07 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Speakup Modified Fedora 4 Will Be Delayed
> 
> 
> I think your confusion comes from lack of familiarity with Fedora's
> kernel numbering practices. It is true that FC4 ships with a kernel
> numbered 2.6.11-*. However, that kernel includes many, if indeed not
> most, of the patches that distinguish a 2.6.11 kernel from a 2.6.12
> kernel. In other words, Fedora's 2.6.11-* is substantively the same as a
> 2.6.12 (which is not yet released in any case).
> 
> No one is attempting to patch Speakup into anything but the shipping FC4
> kernel.
> 
> Dawes, Stephen writes:
> > A few questions:
> > 1. How are things proceeding with the building of the kernels?
> >
> > 2. I am a little confused, Janina wrote earlier in this thread that
> > there are problems with compiling speakup into a 2.6.12 kernel. Yet,
> > when I look at the ISO of FC4, it has a 2.6.11-1.136 kernel. Why are
> > attempts being made to compile speakup for the FC4 release on a kernel
> > that is not part of the official release?
> > I only ask because 2.6.11 kernel has been successfully compiled with
> > speakup.
> >
> > 3. I have also noticed that FC4 no longer has kernel-utils included with
> > the core. Is this the new direction of kernel.org, or a Fedora decision?
> >
> >
> > Steve Dawes
> > Phone: (403) 268-5527
> > Email: SDawes at calgary.ca
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org

Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.