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Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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> On 05/24/2009 05:32 AM, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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>> On 2009.05.24 02:44, William Hubbs wrote: |
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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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>> Put all the downloads for a minimal gentoo install into dial up |
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>> context. You need the minimal CD, the stage 3, the portage snapshot, a |
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>> bootloader and a kernel. |
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>> An extra 20Mb in that total size is trivial. |
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>> Having done a few remote installs for blind users dropping into |
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>> #gentoo, I understand the frustration that lack of accessibility |
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>> causes. |
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>> Please add accessibility to Gentoo install media and help our users to |
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>> help themselves. |
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> Since my only real argument against it (size) has been effectively shot |
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> down, if someone does all the testing/patching and provides a nice, neat |
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> little package for releng (me, basically) to integrate, we'll do it. I |
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> just don't have the time/inclination to do it myself. |
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Hasn't William already submitted that to bugzilla? I can't remember the |
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number but I am sure he will be helpful. |
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Regards, |
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Petteri |
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