Re: WebKit release cycle and dependency request

[Rob Taylor <rob taylor codethink co uk>]

Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le jeudi 17 avril 2008, à 10:06 +0100, Ross Burton a écrit :
> > On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 10:51 +0200, Vincent Untz wrote:
> > > What about waiting the decision for the WebKit as a GNOME external dep
> > > and taking a consistent decision with this? :-)
> > >
> > > My point is that I'd have to have a GNOME Mobile Platform that is going
> > > to be totally different from the rest of GNOME...
> > When will this decision be made for GNOME?  With Ephy switching to
> > WebKit at full-speed (when I heard they were switching I thought they
> > meant changing the default backend, not removing gecko entirely) I think
> > the direction the platform is heading is quite predictable, unless there
> > are terrible problems in the near future.
>
> Argh, I shouldn't have spoken :-) I don't know the reply for "when", to
> be honest. I think it's more or less blocked by the status of a11y in
> WebKit at the moment. Will move this topic at the top of my TODO list.

That also a good point to keep in mind for GNOME Mobile. I think we 
should at least note for any GUI technologies whether they support 
accessibility and UI testing.

Thanks,
Rob