From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail2.lig.bellsouth.net([205.152.0.56]) (2724 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:04:44 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from odysseus.yi.org (host-216-76-211-119.pbi.bellsouth.net [216.76.211.119]) by mail2.lig.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id IAA28430 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:04:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from stp by odysseus.yi.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 14VYwR-0001MB-00 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:04:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:04:23 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: About Speakup0.10 and earlier kernels Message-ID: <20010221080423.B5205@odysseus.yi.org> References: <001c01c09bf3$54ac2560$4568d8c3@wang> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <001c01c09bf3$54ac2560$4568d8c3@wang>; from vtsaran@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu on Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:40:07AM +0100 From: Tommy Moore List-Id: Hey there Vic. The reason for dropping support for speakup 0.10 in kernels earlier than 2.2.18 isn't because we wanted to, it was because things changed in the newer kernels that made it hard to kee the old kernels working. Debian comes with 2.2.18 bt none of the other distributions do. Think Bill's figured out a way to get RH to work with the latest version of speakup, but you'll have to talk to him about that one since I only work with the debian stuff. Won't be able to do too much with it for the next couple days or so. Have some things around here that I really need to work on for security reasons. heh. Can't go in to that here, but I may on the reflector or something. anyways, laters there Vic. On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:40:07AM +0100, Victor Tsaran wrote: > Hello, listers! > This is not a blow against Kirk and any of the developers of Speakup, but I > just wanted to ask for the reason of dropping the support for kernels lower > than 2.2.18 for Speakup0.10. The truth is that none of the distributions > that I know come default with 2.2.18, or higher, kernels. Being in Europe, > it becomes practically impossible to download 10MB or more of a new kernel > in order to just install Speakup. What was so special about 2.2.18 that > Speakup0.10 would lack in previous versions of the kernel? > Best regards, > Victor > > ******* ******* ******* > have you thought of visiting Cybertsar's Internet Kingdom? It is still > alive! > Here is the URL: > http://kickme.to/vtsaran > > ******* ******* ******* > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup