Re: Having a d-i boot timeout for enabling speech?

2022-04-03 Thread Samuel Thibault
Pascal Hambourg, le lun. 28 févr. 2022 08:40:12 +0100, a ecrit:
> Le 13/02/2022 à 02:28, Samuel Thibault a écrit :
> > the MacOS X installation image automatically starts
> > a speech-enabled installer when the boot menu is left untouched for
> > 10 seconds, so that blind people have really nothing more to do than
> > plugging the installation USB key and turning the computer on to get a
> > speaking installer
> > 
> > It happens that syslinux supports this
> 
> What about GRUB used for EFI boot ? I could not find a similar feature.

Indeed :/

I have added a ticket on
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?62254

Samuel



Re: Having a d-i boot timeout for enabling speech?

2022-04-03 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello,

Philip Hands, le lun. 28 févr. 2022 09:31:04 +0100, a ecrit:
> One could have a very prominent visual notice at the start of the speech
> install pointing out to people that if they want a normal install all
> they need to do is hit Ctrl-Alt-DEL to restart the boot, and then make
> any sort of movement at the menu to interrupt the timeout speech
> install.

Actually syslinux allows to tune the timeout message, so I have done so.

Thanks for the discussion, it's now pushed!
Samuel



Re: Bug#1002508: readline: Please provide a udeb

2022-04-03 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello,

I have uploaded the attached changes to DELAYED/10 for experimental so
its NEW processing doesn't interfere with maintenance.

Samuel

Samuel Thibault, le ven. 11 févr. 2022 02:01:45 +0100, a ecrit:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there any news on this?  Perhaps I can just NMU?
> 
> Samuel
> 
> Samuel Thibault, le sam. 08 janv. 2022 18:21:28 +0100, a ecrit:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I see that a newer upload of readline was done but without the proposed
> > patch. Is there any problem with it? (attached here again)
> > 
> > Having readline available would really make the installer a *lot* easier
> > to handle for blind users.
> > 
> > Samuel
> > 
> > Samuel Thibault, le jeu. 23 déc. 2021 15:31:17 +0100, a ecrit:
> > > So as to provide better support for the text installer for speakup-based
> > > accessibility, we need libreadline in d-i. Here is a patch to add the
> > > udeb build, could you apply it?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Samuel
> 
> > --- debian/control.original 2021-12-23 14:14:29.494489058 +0100
> > +++ debian/control  2021-12-23 15:03:01.596025090 +0100
> > @@ -23,6 +23,21 @@
> >   The GNU history library provides a consistent user interface for
> >   recalling lines of previously typed input.
> >  
> > +Package: libreadline8-udeb
> > +Architecture: any
> > +Depends: readline-common-udeb, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
> > +Pre-Depends: ${misc:Pre-Depends}
> > +Package-Type: udeb
> > +Build-Profiles: 
> > +Section: debian-installer
> > +Description: GNU readline and history libraries, run-time libraries (d-i)
> > + The GNU readline library aids in the consistency of user interface
> > + across discrete programs that need to provide a command line
> > + interface.
> > + .
> > + The GNU history library provides a consistent user interface for
> > + recalling lines of previously typed input.
> > +
> >  Package: lib64readline8
> >  Architecture: i386 powerpc s390 sparc
> >  Depends: readline-common, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
> > @@ -47,6 +62,21 @@
> >   The GNU readline library aids in the consistency of user interface
> >   across discrete programs that need to provide a command line
> >   interface.
> > + .
> > + The GNU history library provides a consistent user interface for
> > + recalling lines of previously typed input.
> > +
> > +Package: readline-common-udeb
> > +Architecture: all
> > +Multi-Arch: foreign
> > +Depends: ${misc:Depends}
> > +Package-Type: udeb
> > +Build-Profiles: 
> > +Section: debian-installer
> > +Description: GNU readline and history libraries, common files (d-i)
> > + The GNU readline library aids in the consistency of user interface
> > + across discrete programs that need to provide a command line
> > + interface.
> >   .
> >   The GNU history library provides a consistent user interface for
> >   recalling lines of previously typed input.
> > --- debian/rules.original   2021-12-23 14:14:33.018490312 +0100
> > +++ debian/rules2021-12-23 15:08:20.460279596 +0100
> > @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
> >  CROSS=gcc
> >  endif
> >  
> > +ifeq (,$(filter noudeb,$(DEB_BUILD_PROFILES)))
> > +  buildudeb = yes
> > +endif
> > +
> >  ifneq (,$(findstring /$(DEB_HOST_ARCH)/,/i386/powerpc/sparc/s390/))
> >build64 = yes
> >CC64 = $(CROSS) -m64
> > @@ -69,9 +73,11 @@
> >  SHELL  = bash
> >  
> >  p_rl   = libreadline$(soversion)
> > +p_rlu  = libreadline$(soversion)-udeb
> >  p_rl32 = lib32readline$(soversion)
> >  p_rl64 = lib64readline$(soversion)
> >  p_comm = readline-common
> > +p_commu= readline-common-udeb
> >  p_rld  = libreadline-dev
> >  p_rld32= lib32readline-dev
> >  p_rld64= lib64readline-dev
> > @@ -79,12 +85,15 @@
> >  p_rlfe = rlfe
> >  
> >  d  = debian/tmp
> > +du = debian/tmp-udeb
> >  d32= debian/tmp32
> >  d64= debian/tmp64
> >  d_rl   = debian/$(p_rl)
> > +d_rlu  = debian/$(p_rlu)
> >  d_rl32 = debian/$(p_rl32)
> >  d_rl64 = debian/$(p_rl64)
> >  d_comm = debian/$(p_comm)
> > +d_commu= debian/$(p_commu)
> >  d_rld  = debian/$(p_rld)
> >  d_rld32= debian/$(p_rld32)
> >  d_rld64= debian/$(p_rld64)
> > @@ -93,6 +102,7 @@
> >  
> >  srcdir = $(CURDIR)
> >  builddir   = $(CURDIR)/build
> > +builddiru  = $(CURDIR)/buildudeb
> >  builddir32 = $(CURDIR)/build32
> >  builddir64 = $(CURDIR)/build64
> >  
> > @@ -111,6 +121,16 @@
> > --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) \
> > --libdir=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
> >  
> > +ifneq ($(buildudeb),)
> > +   rm -rf $(builddiru)
> > +   mkdir $(builddiru)
> > +   cd $(builddiru) && \
> > + CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -Os" CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" $(srcdir)/configure \
> > +   --prefix=/usr\
> > +   --host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) \
> > +   --libdir=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
> > +endif
> > +
> >  ifneq ($(build32),)
> > rm -rf $(builddir32)
> > mkdir $(builddir32)
> > @@ -141,6 +161,14 @@
> > SHOBJ_LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS) -shared' \
> > SHLIB_LIBS="-ltinfo"
> >  
> > +ifn