Red Hat Enterprise 6.2

[Al Sten-Clanton]

I'd think they also could adapt their views on how "official" something 
must be for inclusion.  These are human choices, not things decreed by 
nature or some divinity.

Al

On 03/29/2013 11:33 AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
> Yes, Speakup wasn't officially in 2.6.32 kernels, but it could still be
> compiled as modules.  Debian Squeeze ships it, but they don't use a Red
> Hat kernel.  Even now, they can still make the argument that Speakup
> isn't "official" because it's in staging which is considered unofficial.
> Regardless, there are other ways of accessing RHEL such as ssh and there
> is still no excuse why they can't comply with the ADA and make RHEL
> accessible for certification.  Also, there is yasr and Gnome Terminal
> with Orca, so even without Speakup, there is still no excuse.  That
> still doesn't address the graphical part of the requirement or the
> ability or lack thereof to use the VM.
>
> On 3/29/2013 6:18 AM, John G. Heim wrote:
>> I ttalked to someone here at the University of Wisconsin who manages
>> Red Hat
>> servers. The UW has a site license for Red Hat. I don't know anything
>> about
>> it because my department uses debian (lucky for me).
>>
>> Anyway, he said the reason RH still doesn't give you speakup is that
>> their
>> current release still uses a 2.6.32 kernel and speakup wsn't included
>> in the
>> official kernel source until 2.6.37 -- which is correct, I believe.
>>
>> In a way, I can understand where RH is coming from but, holy cow, they
>> are
>> making it impossible for blind people to get certification from them.
>> That's
>> outrageous! I mean, I hate to use this cliche but this is an outrage.
>> Personally, I don't give a flying fig about Red Hat because my department
>> uses debian. But even so, I find this unconcionable. Somebody ought to
>> sue
>> their ass.
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