From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net (vms173005pub.verizon.net [206.46.173.5]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B788C1A273 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 17:19:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.5.102] ([unknown] [96.233.21.203]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LA1000XMKKXC820@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:19:46 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: <4CB0DC6D.2080909@verizon.net> Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:19:41 -0400 From: Al Sten-Clanton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: announcement: speakup is in staging References: <20101009185255.GA8256@linux1> In-reply-to: <20101009185255.GA8256@linux1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:19:49 -0000 Thank you for this news. Thanks to you and the others whose hard work doubtless made this much progress possible and will keep the ball rolling. There's a part of me that's saying, "Man, at long, long last!!", but that in no way detracts from the quality of your news. Al On 10/9/2010 2:52 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > All, > > I am pleased to announce that speakup has been accepted into the staging > portion of the kernel tree. This means that, starting with linux > 2.6.37-rc1, speakup should be included in the actual linux kernel, in > the "staging" drivers. > > A staging driver is a driver which is not considered mainline quality, > but is included in the linux kernel tree to give it more exposure and > hopefully get it fixed so that it can become mainline. > > What this means is we will have the resources of the entire linux > kernel development community to assist us with getting issues fixed. > > This is definitely a good thing, because it brings us closer to > mainline. > > There will be more on this, because it does affect our development > process and how we will be able to build external modules, etc. > > I will post an update once everything is figured out. > > William > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >