Re: [orca-list] Flag day for Orca

[jose vilmar estacio de souza <vilmar informal com br>]

Hi all,
Only to say that I can confirm the "blank blank blank" issue too.

On 05/30/2009 04:01 PM, Willie Walker wrote:
> Hi Jacob:
>
> With the code that is in the master branch right now, the goal is that 
> you don't see any change in behavior. So, changes you run into (e.g., 
> the "blank blank blank" issue someone raised earlier) should be 
> reported so we can take a look at them.
>
> Thanks for helping us out! :-)
>
> Will
>
> On May 29, 2009, at 6:18 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:
>
> > Hi Will
> > I pull from git and will gladly help test. Aside from using Orca
> > normally and reporting anything out of the ordinary, are there any
> > special conditions to keep an eye out for and test? From what you're
> > saying it doesn't sound like it, but it never hurts to ask. I'll not be
> > able to test the braille parts as I don't use them, but I'll be sure to
> > keep an eye on anything out of the ordinary with speech or presentation.
> > I think this is a great idea, and I definitely like the sound of
> > improving Orca's performance :).
> >
> > On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 13:49 -0400, Willie Walker wrote:
> > > Hi All:
> > >
> > > We're making some needed structural changes to the Orca code base that
> > > will have an impact on the speech generators, the braille generators,
> > > and the where am I code.
> > >
> > > Ideally, this will not have an immediate impact on you as a user. That
> > > is, Orca should continue to provide you with the same presentation of
> > > information that you were getting before these changes. These changes,
> > > however, enable users to change the contents and ordering of what Orca
> > > presents, and also allows users to specify different voices to be used
> > > for different content with very fine granularity. This also opens the
> > > door for adding audio cues down the road. We plan on using this to
> > > improve the performance of Orca as well.
> > >
> > > So...what does this mean to you?
> > >
> > > 1) These changes are for the current development release. They will not
> > > be backported to any stable releases. So, that means you will only see
> > > them on the master branch and they will only go into GNOME 2.27.x
> > > releases and beyond. They will not be put into GNOME 2.26.x releases or
> > > earlier.
> > >
> > > 2) We're still very early in the GNOME 2.27/2.28 release cycle, so this
> > > is the appropriate time for us to make these kinds of changes. As we
> > > make these changes, we do lots of testing. These are substantial
> > > changes, however, so breakages may have accidentally snuck in. My
> > > apologies in advance for those issues. With your patient testing and
> > > constructive feedback, we will identify and fix the problems before the
> > > GNOME 2.28 release this fall.
> > >
> > > 3) The first phase (the speech generator refactor) was checked in to 
> > > the
> > > master branch less than an hour ago. This means that those of you
> > > pulling from git will see the changes the next time you pull. If you
> > > are someone who pulls from git and uses the master branch, please help
> > > us by testing with the latest code and providing your constructive
> > > feedback. Ideally, you should notice NO DIFFERENCES.
> > >
> > > 4) We're not ready to write docs or teach you how to modify the
> > > formatting yet. When we're done with all the phases, we hope to write
> > > something up for you to use. Please don't ask us how to customize your
> > > environment until we are done with all the phases.
> > >
> > > For the Orca team,
> > >
> > > Will
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> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at 
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
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> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > Netiquette Guidelines are at 
> > http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
>
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