Hello, On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 12:38:19PM +1000, Jason White wrote: > Mario Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Stable updates are usually security fixes only, thats just the way it > > works. > > Enabling features that were previously not enabled is usually really out > > of scope for stable updates. > > this is both true and desirable: if I were running stable, I wouldn't want any > updates other than security and other very critical bug fixes.
Does "speechd drops dead after a few minutes of use in a productive environment" count as critical bug, or not? >From my experience, when running the Debian/stable version of speech-dispatcher with a screenreader on the text console, with the alsa output option enabled (I know, it's not the default, though), it dies quickly at a part of the code where speech gets interrupted, which happens frequently when you just type and let the screenreader read the first few characters of a line to you. It is a (IMHO very serious) bug in the original alsa output code of speechd. I have to agree with Halim here. As a debian derivative, I cannot use the original "stable" package for this reason, since I need speechd to reliably work together with the screenreader in system-wide alsa mode (we also need the software mixing feature, i.e. playing music or a video in parallel to immediately responding speech output with unnoticeable delays). > I think the "constantly usable testing" proposal in Debian will suit people > who want to keep up with more recent accessibility work, but who don't want to > run Sid. The current Testing distribution is also an option for them, of > course, but the cut idea should make this even easier. Maintaining a derivative, I myself have no problems using my own modified/patched version of speech-dispatcher, but would think that "stable" users do expect a genuine Debian stable package version to be, well, "stable". ;-) Regards -Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
