[orca-list] gnome-accessibility food fight

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel shellworld net>]

This happened for those of us using debian squeeze distribution May 29, 
2009.  Basicly, other parts of gnome got updated to a point where they're 
no longer compatible with gnome-accessibility and this had left orca 
inoperable and speechless for the last week or so.  It wasn't until the 
29th that I found out why while doing updates.  Most times when packages 
get updated these days it's for security reasons earlier in software life 
cycles when concentration on security wasn't so heavy updates brought new 
features with them.  This is especially true for what Microsoft releases 
perhaps less so for other operating systems.  Gnome-accessibility 
debian/squeeze flavor at least will be ready when it's ready and I'm quite 
willing to be patient.  Another reason for my willingness to be patient is 
I spent some time learning Linux command line interface and also installed 
stuff on systems that will run in command line interface mode without 
reference to or need for graphical user interfaces or their libraries. 
The moral of this story for anyone new to Linux or about to be new to 
Linux is to spend as much time learning command line interface as they do 
graphical user interface because sooner or later one of these gnomish food 
fights will happen and when that happens they will still have an ability 
to use their computer allbeit through command line interface.