Speakup in kernel

[Michael K. Johnson]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 11:37:19AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Michael K. Johnson writes:
> > From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm at redhat.com>
> > There were multiple reasons that it was pulled, including security.
> > Until it is upstream, I'd call its inclusion an unfortunately failed
> > experiment.  :-(
> 
> You are calling the most successful user interface for blind computer
> users a failure? That's a rather strange spin.

No.  I'm calling the *inclusion* failed.  We put in something that was
not upstream, and found out later that we should have stuck to our
normal policy (even then) of pushing upstream first.

> And, as for those multiple issues, where are they documented, please? I
> don't recall any documentation of security, or any issue other than a
> single I18N issue.

It was discussed with the author.  Not all security issues are subject
to instant full disclosure.

michaelkjohnson

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