From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from acs-24-154-64-25.zoominternet.net ([24.154.64.25] helo=localhost.localdomain) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17vNtp-00073e-00 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:09:13 -0400 Received: from clovering.ACB.org ([65.122.138.130]) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8SJxkj16921 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 15:59:46 -0400 Received: from 1717-port2-RaleighSMS[192.168.1.103] by RaleighSMS[65.122.138.130]; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 16:08:56 -0000 (???) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020928171607.020bea60@198.144.194.210> X-Sender: ccrawford@198.144.194.210 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:16:50 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Charles Crawford Subject: Re: red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified In-Reply-To: <20020928181357.GE10984@rednote.net> References: <20020928152041.GC10984@rednote.net> <20020928152041.GC10984@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Congratulations Bill and Janina! Don't know enough about the modified files, but am very happy about Redhat 8.0! -- Charlie. At 02:13 PM 9/28/02 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Friends: > >It now seems all but official. Even the Red Hat Home Page is featuring >articles about Red Hat 8.0 which plainly state it >will be released this coming Monday, September 30. I am delighted to >inform you that Speakup and the Speakup keymap are >included in this release. Sites such as Linux Central are already taking >orders, but we suggest you wait to get CD ROMs >directly from Red Hat for less, unless, of course, you actually want to >pay more for those printed manuals. In the long >standing tradition, iso images will also be available for download from >mirror sites worldwide. And, I am hard at work >writing changes to our web page on the Speakup web site--and editing the >HOWTO to reflect this exciting development. > >Congratulations to Bill Acker for his patience and perseverance working >over the past few years with various staffers >from Red Hat, on several Red Hat lists, and with us on the Speakup >Modified. Bill's the real reason Speakup is now >officially part of the Red Hat distribution, and there's a README about >accessibility support in Red Hat products which >singles him out. Way to go, Bill! > >There is a question, though, for which we want guidance from the community >on the Speakup list. Here's the simple >question: > >Should we continue to offer the old, now about to be defunct, Speakup >Modified version 7.3? Is there some special reason >to keep those files around? For a little while? For a longer while? How >long? And for what purpose? > >The days of the Speakup Modified have come to an end, and we're happy >about it. But, if folks here find it useful, Kirk >would probably not mind those older files hanging around awhile longer. > >What do you think? Let us know your thoughts. > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup