Hi,
It's a good idea, indeed. FYI, Debian has started a such project in Blends: http://blends.debian.org/accessibility Maybe it can be a point of beginning of a packages list with a tree? Alternatively, to create a kind of structure of packages with deps, we can use a wiki such as http://trac.clfs.org/wiki/cblfs#CBLFS Regards, Le 18/04/2017 à 17:23, Eric Oyen a écrit : > here is one thing that might be distro independent: create an accessibility > package set. This would include the required libs, scripts, binaries and > config files needed to make any distro accessible. It would include > emacspeak, BrlTTY, ORCA, the appropriate audio drivers and libraries and even > access to the kernel modules required to make it all work. > > Now, since some of the packages needed will be dependencies for other things > (like sound and scripting like python), it shouldn't be all that difficult to > gather everything else. > > Having this setup so that any distro can be made accessible would definitely > be a plus. Honestly, making this a standard package set will go a long way > toward allowing us access to any distro, regardless of package management > system, layout or Desktop environment. > > -eric > > On Apr 18, 2017, at 7:28 AM, John G Heim wrote: > >> Just fedora? Not vidora or something like that? Hey, if you guys end up >> calling your distro vidora, I want credit. :-) >> >> I look at the debate over whether it is better to have a distro for the >> blind or to work on improving mainstream distros like the debate over barley >> versus wheat beers. Personally, I prefer barley beers over any and all wheat >> beers. But if someone wants to brew a wheat beer, it's fine with me and I'd >> even help out if they asked. It's a matter of good and better. In other >> words, my opinion is that even if you think it would be better if these >> developers spent their time on mainstream distros, we should all still >> recognize that what they are doing is really helpful. Don't let the perfect >> be the enemy of the good. >> >> On 04/18/2017 08:45 AM, Jude dDaShiell wrote: >>> Last i read, both sonargnulinux and vinux were in the process of merging >>> into Fedora and that first release was supposed to have happened >>> sometime in April 2017 and would be called Fedora 26.0. What has >>> happened since then I do not now know. >>> >>> Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r> for iPhone >>> >>> On Apr 18, 2017 at 6:32 AM, Tony Baechler <t...@baechler.net >>> <mailto:t...@baechler.net>> wrote: >>> Sorry for the late reply, but see comments below. >>> >>> On 3/16/2017 3:36 PM, Joel Roth wrote: >>>> Eric Oyen wrote: >>>> >>>>> ...we, as a community, don't have an actual unified distro >>>>> to call our own. Sure, Vinux is a decent distro, but it's >>>>> lacking a lot of useful features outside of accessibility. >>> OK, but why do we, as a community, need a special distro? Yes, it's free >>> software, so there is certainly nothing stopping you as long as you realize >>> it's your pet distro along with the about 300 others on distrowatch.com >>> <http://distrowatch.com>. I >>> would much rather have a popular, mainstream distro which includes great >>> accessibility like Debian and derivatives. >>> >>>> I'm not sure how things are at present, but in the past, >>>> Debian has shown some commitment to supporting >>>> accessibility[1], including at the installer level[2]. >>> Yes, Debian still supports accessibility. Every alpha release of D-I has >>> accessibility features and fixes. >>> >>>> This is not the same as a special-purpose distribution, and >>>> I think the pages were written some time ago. Still I would >>>> think that some effort would be worthwhile, and would >>>> benefit all Debian derivatives, which could include >>>> a accessbility-centric distribution. >>>> >>>> 1. https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility >>>> 2. https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility#Debian_installer_accessibility >>> These pages should be fairly current and are often updated by Debian >>> developers like Samuel Thibault. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list@redhat.com <mailto:Blinux-list@redhat.com> >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list@redhat.com >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- signature_jp Logo Hypra Photo Jean-Philippe MENGUAL *JEAN-PHILIPPE MENGUAL** DIRECTEUR TECHNIQUE ET QUALITÉ* adresse84, quai de Jemappes, 75010, Paris téléphone+331 84 71 06 61 <tel:+33%201%2000%2000%2000%2000> courieljpmeng...@hypra.fr site webwww.hypra.fr Facebook Hypra <https://www.facebook.com/hyprasoftware/>Twitter Hypra <https://twitter.com/Hypra_>Linkedin <https://fr.linkedin.com/in/jean-philippe-mengual-800133135> _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
