From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net ([203.16.214.135]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Idldh-00075H-00 for ; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:46:42 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ah4FANfABUd5LGCf/2dsb2JhbACBWQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,235,1188743400"; d="scan'208";a="161430561" Received: from ppp121-44-96-159.lns10.syd6.internode.on.net (HELO themuso.com) ([121.44.96.159]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with SMTP; 05 Oct 2007 21:16:38 +0930 Received: (nullmailer pid 12045 invoked by uid 1000); Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:46:32 -0000 Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:46:32 +1000 From: Luke Yelavich To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: slackware and accessibility packages Message-ID: <20071005114632.GA6898@themuso.com> References: <1191578005.28487.19.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1191578005.28487.19.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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, 05 Oct 2007 11:46:42 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 07:53:25PM EST, Michael Whapples wrote: > Hello, > I don't know how much interest this would be, but I am sure you will let > me know. I am thinking of creating slackware packages of some of the > accessibility related tools and any dependencies which are not already > in packaged formats. I would also clearly document what packages depend on what. It is very very easy to get caught out with slackware if you don't have the right dependencies, as not all dependencies are for shared library requirements. Lack of dependency management is one reason why I left slackware for good. - -- Luke Yelavich GPG key: 0xD06320CE (http://www.themuso.com/themuso-gpg-key.txt) Email & MSN: themuso@themuso.com Jabber: themuso@jabber.org.au -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHBiQYjVefwtBjIM4RAgLLAJ4mpvlLN3972BN+QUhV3p/oqY3rAwCgjEmw TOdlHXoJ2tI/Wh6+MOM3TJw= =ObRA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----