From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from qmta08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.80]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JuPMc-0007XY-00 for ; Fri, 09 May 2008 05:58:06 -0400 Received: from OMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.44]) by QMTA08.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id PMd21Z0030xGWP85801600; Fri, 09 May 2008 09:57:22 +0000 Received: from garrettk17.dyndns.org ([68.57.215.48]) by OMTA12.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id PMxb1Z00213DaEU3Y00000; Fri, 09 May 2008 09:57:35 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=COiN_33ESzgA:10 a=OMVbhMs0R9IA:10 a=rITDv7nW5hcA:10 a=3EAWN9ttAAAA:8 a=013NQg0BPTvrknZQRsUA:9 a=Lqcjeuxfpe__0rjoC87-NwB42RwA:4 a=U62fhAwekXMA:10 a=WeOa-AV5lc8A:10 a=MInBT2ynV54A:10 Received: by garrettk17.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1023AB4123; Fri, 9 May 2008 05:57:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: Gentoo - where's speakup been put? From: Garrett Klein To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca In-Reply-To: <20080509022231.GA9555@linux1> References: <1210084505.13982.21.camel@violet.perfumed-garden.local> <20080507004445.GA30204@linux1> <1210143262.4484.12.camel@violet.perfumed-garden.local> <20080507124628.GA3102@linux1> <1210168036.9293.16.camel@violet.perfumed-garden.local> <20080508015918.GA5181@linux1> <20080508031714.GA5580@garrettk17.lan> <20080509022231.GA9555@linux1> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 05:57:34 -0400 Message-Id: <1210327054.7185.7.camel@garrettk17.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.1.1 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: garrettklein@comcast.net, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 09:58:06 -0000 William, Thanks for your concise explanation. I really should get involved more with Gentoo and/or Speakup ... is the accessibility team looking for anymore manpower? Garrett On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 21:22 -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Garrett, > > > How will this work for those of us who want speakup in the kernel? Are > > we just going to have to stick with vanilla kernel.org kernels? > > Until 2.6.26 comes out, that is what I suggest. Here is why. > > Putting speakup directly into the kernel requires two patches. A patch > to the kernel sources, and a patch to the build system. If you try to > run the install script from the speakup git repository, it will attempt > to apply both patches to the kernel. But, since the patch to the > sources is already applied to gentoo-sources, this would be an error > condition. > > The reason this will be different with 2.6.26 is that our patche to the > sources was accepted into the official kernel.org tree, so now we only > will patch the build system if you want to have speakup in the kernel. > > Speakup itself will not be in 2.6.26, just the hooks that make it > possible for speakup to run. There are still issues to work out with > speakup before we can ask for it to be accepted into the official kernel > tree. > > Does that make sense? > > - -- > William Hubbs > gentoo accessibility team lead > williamh@gentoo.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkgjtWcACgkQblQW9DDEZThNKgCeIlLpNbRCLwIu0xHiP/1lfNH9 > 3vIAn1EQaxew5Gfh4n4/+lxfAsaN7sVX > =Qkal > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup