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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 07:32:18PM -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> Thomas Pani wrote: |
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> > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> The real issue here is the size. If these additional packages plus all of |
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> >> the alsa modules add 20MB to the minimal CD, it's just not worth it. It's |
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> >> not "minimal" anymore. |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> > Could you elaborate whom that change would affect (negatively)? 83MB |
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> > for current x86 isn't really "minimal" any more, anyway. |
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> > I don't see the difference between 83MB and 103MB: |
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> > - Makes no difference on blank CD (even those minis have ~200MB). |
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> > - Regarding download size, well, after the CD you'll have to get the |
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> > stage tarball and most probably source tarballs as well. |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Thomas Pani |
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> For a person on dial-up, about 2 1/2 hours of additional download. That |
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> said, I'd be OK with the increase in size if it would help a person who |
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> can't see the screen. |
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It is impossible for a person who can't see the screen to install gentoo |
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linux from our current release media unless they do what I did, which |
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was to have someone read the screen to me long enough to assist me with |
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starting an ssh server on the livecd and figure out the IP address of |
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the computer, so that I could ssh in from my second computer to do the |
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install. |
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In other words, putting this software on our media will not just |
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help, but make it possible for a blind person to install gentoo |
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independently. |
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Only adding the software to the live cd is not an option for me, because |
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I feel that all of our release media should be accessible. Yes, there |
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will be a size increase for the release media, but, unless the alsa |
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modules and alsa-utils are over 15 mb, it will not be a 20 mb increase. |
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William Hubbs |
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gentoo accessibility team lead |
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williamh@g.o |
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