Speakup kernel patch dropped from Ububtu Gutsy

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org
Tue May 15 14:12:47 EDT 2007


Hi,

Henrik Nilsen Omma, le Tue 15 May 2007 20:07:14 +0200, a écrit :
> Ubuntu offered a channel by which the speakup module into the mainline 
> kernel. But that requires a close collaboration with upstream (speakup) 
> to help strengthen the code. Version control is also an issue; has 
> speakup moved to git yet?

Not yet to my knowledge.  I offered to clean up speakup for making it
into the mainline, but this is blocking me.

> The fact that Gnome or X can crash is a problem for most people, not 
> just the visually impaired.

That is not completely true.  Enabling assistive technology also enables
more bugs.

Samuel




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