From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pool-72-64-250-8.tampfl.fios.verizon.net ([72.64.250.8] helo=manta.smed.yi.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HJhLX-00056X-00 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:36:43 -0500 Received: from keith by manta.smed.yi.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HJggL-0002Wu-9d for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:54:09 -0500 Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:54:05 -0500 From: Keith Watson To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Regarding latest CVS Tarball Message-ID: <20070221015405.GA9707@smed.yi.org> References: <000901c753e2$ba03bd30$6401a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3> <1171887208.3230.25.camel@chopin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1171887208.3230.25.camel@chopin> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kwatson@smed.yi.org, "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: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:36:43 -0000 Well said. Actually, I would have put it quite differently but that's only cause I am a dumb ass redneck who would not have been quite so polite! Keith Watson (not Keith Asshole) On 01:13 PM, Hynek Hanke wrote: > Keith Hinton pí??e v Ne 18. 02. 2007 v 21:59 -0700: > > It didn't go through it's proper testing? > > Well, could you perhaps have that proper testing take place? > > Hello Keith, > > I think there is a misunderstanding going on there. Given the very > limited resources we Free Software accessibility developers have > and given the model of Free Software development itself, the > developement of software is highly dependent on the help we receive from > the community. We depend on your help with our software and with our > motivation to continue the work. See us as your colleagues, not your > slaves. (This is very different from the proprietary model of > developement of software.) > > In this particular case, we need confirmation from someone reporting the > bug, that the issue has been fixed before we proceed with making the > release. I don't see how we could test it on our machines since it is > not crashing on our machines (including AMD64). I'd like to stress that > it is you, not me, who can make the release faster or slower. > > But if you don't want to experiment, this is ok. You are not required to > (the exact reason of my warning). Just have patience. Some other people > will test it. Lorenzo Taylor was very helpful in this. I hope there will > be an official release as soon as possible. > > Have a nice day, > Hynek Hanke > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace