From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fox.uq.net.au ([203.101.255.1] helo=uq.net.au ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15GKDi-000541-00 for ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 08:51:30 -0400 Received: from data.home (mail@d-11-53.stlucia.uq.net.au [203.100.11.53]) by uq.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA07247 for ; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:50:25 +1000 (GMT+1000) Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15GKCd-00074q-00; Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:50:23 +1000 Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 22:50:23 +1000 (EST) From: Geoff Shang To: Subject: Re: FAQ gally2: Speakup Versions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 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: On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > I think the business of speakup versions needs to be a little clearer. We > mention that the current version is 0.10. Then, a few paragraphs below, we > mention version 0.10a. So, the chickens come home to roost on poorly > chosen numbering schemes--but that's not what I want to talk about ... > > The poine in the faq needs to be clear guidance. Ann, this is really very > excellent so far, but I think it's important to say something up front > such as: > > "There are two current versions of speakup. Which one you should use > depends on what linux kernel version you have. To find out, issue this > command: This is not correct. I will address the FAQ as it now stands in a seperate message, but I want to clarify this point. Speakup 0.10A is a bug-fix release of 0.10. That is to say, Kirk fucked up and put it out before it worked 100% so he had to rerelease it. This also happened to speakup 0.09 (in fact, we got to speakup 0.09B IIRC). suggestion for the future: Put out speakup-0.11beta1 and if it works, rename it to speakup-0.11 or if not, keep putting out betas until its fixed. Or RC1, RC2, etc. What this means is that speakup 0.10A works on 2.2.18 and above, and 2.4.0test10 (IIRC) and above. for kernel 2.2.17 and below (well as far down as 2.2.7 I think), use speakup 0.09. Geoff.