From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailhub-3.iastate.edu ([129.186.140.13]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IJBK4-0004L5-00 for ; Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:57:20 -0400 Received: from devirus-10.iastate.edu (devirus-10.iastate.edu [129.186.1.47]) by mailhub-3.iastate.edu (8.12.11.20060614/8.12.10) with SMTP id l79GuoYv013002 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:56:50 -0500 Received: from (despam-10.iastate.edu [129.186.140.80]) by devirus-10.iastate.edu with smtp id 77af_dd7fb080_4698_11dc_85c2_00137253420a; Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:52:07 -0500 Received: from gene3.ait.iastate.edu (gene3.ait.iastate.edu [129.186.144.105]) by despam-10.iastate.edu (8.12.11.20060614/8.12.10) with ESMTP id l79GuklX030698 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2007 11:56:47 -0500 Received: from collins (helo=gene3.ait.iastate.edu) by gene3.ait.iastate.edu with local-esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IJBIY-0007AV-JL for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:55:46 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speakup, 2.6.22, and the way forward In-reply-to: Your message of Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:05:08 -0600. <000a01c7d947$66fe3670$270110ac@CHIHUAHUAL1> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:55:45 -0500 From: "Gene Collins" Message-Id: X-PMX-Version: 5.3.2.304607, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.8.9.93823 X-ISUMailhub-test: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' 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: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:57:20 -0000 Hi Nick. Git is a version control system like svn and cvs. We are switching to git because that is what the kernel people are using now days. The v2.2 and v2.4 diffs are still in cvs because Kirk hasn't found the time to remove them, although speakup in cvs is no longer backwards compatible with kernels beyond 2.6.21. You have to understand that the kernel folks don't necessarily maintain backwards compatibility across kernel versions. You can get older cvs versions of speakup by providing a date for kernels back to version 2.6.12, but not earlier. For 2.4 kernels, you need the speakup 2.0 tarball. I don't know if the speakup 1.5 tarball will still work with 2.2 kernels or not. Hope this helps. Gene