[g-a-devel] status of cspi?

[Mike Gorse <mgorse mgorse dhs org>]

Hi all,

As part of the Mono accessibility work that we are doing at Novell, we 
need to implement the UIA client api and bridge from at-spi.  This means 
that an AT written in UIA should have access to applications exposing 
information through atk.  As I see it, we have two options for using 
at-spi in C# / .net:

(a) Use cspi, possibly writing a wrapper in C#, or
(b) write a native C# binding for the dbus-based at-spi.

Can someone here explain the situation with cspi?  I am under the 
impression that its usage is sort of discouraged, but I am unsure as to 
why.  Also, can someone explain the reasons for replacing python at-spi 
with pyatspi?  (I believe the former was similar to option A, but its use 
is deprecated.)  I'm just trying to investigate / gather information 
before we make a decision on how to proceed.

Thanks,
-Mike G-