Re: [orca-list] details on orca support

[Bill Cox <waywardgeek gmail com>]

I totally agree that we need to look forward.  I see that several
programmers have offered to help on this list.  I've subscribed to the
orca-devel list, but there hasn't been a post there since October.
Might it be time to try and fire-up a community effort around Orca?
Willie, with your guidance, there could be several new Orca developers
helping out in short order, I think.  I'm pretty swamped with work and
Vinux support, but longer-term, I'd like to be one of those Orca
developers.

Bill

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Willie Walker <walker willie gmail com> wrote:
> I'm going to turn this inside out.  The focus should be on "What is
> GNOME's funding model for accessibility?"
>
> The primary funding model depended upon a single entity to do the lion's
> share of the work, and generous contributions from community
> members/volunteers to pick up the rest.  This model was effective
> because a single organization can operate more efficiently than multiple
> organizations.  It was risky because the single organization could pull
> out at any time (and it did).
>
> So, the thing we need to do is get our faces out of the rear view mirror
> and pointed towards the front window.  The question then becomes "What
> is GNOME's funding model for accessibility, and how can we make it
> sustainable?"
>
> Will
>
> On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 09:07 -0500, aerospace1028 hotmail com wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > I've had some other stuff going on and only now find myself sitting
> > down to formulate a polite letter to oricle concerning the merger.  To
> > effectively formulate a persuation I need some bacground
> > clearification.
> >
> > A) What was the nature of Sun's support for gnome-orca?
> > My understanding is that Sun included any necessary professional
> > software development for orca under the responsebilities of Willy
> > Walker and the accessibility department.  However, I suspect both Mr.
> > Walker and any other accessibility-department members had more
> > responsabilities then exclusively writing and testing orca code and
> > patches.
> >
> > B) Did Sun only provide support for gnome-orca or for
> > gnome-accessibility in general?
> > I realize these are *NOT* exclusive projects and determining the fine
> > line between them is more an exercise in creative rationalization.
> > But from a high-levl perspective, did Sun say, "We commit to
> > supporting Gnome-Accessibility" or did they divi up sub-projects of
> > gnome-accessibility and Sun said "We can lead Gnome-Orca"?
> >
> > c) Did Oricle take an explicit stance on gnome-orca?
> > I understand the general interpertation of Oricle's actions by the
> > community.  But has Oricle explicitly said anywhere to anyone "... As
> > a result of the merger, it is our intent to discontinue all previous
> > involvement in the orca project."?  The symantics are subtle, but it's
> > the difference between asking to "maintain support" and "reconsider
> > terminating support."
> >
> > Issues A and B have in the past been behind-the-scenes details that
> > had little obvious effect on me as an end-user.  As a result, I never
> > looked into the details of how orca development works.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for helping me become a more educated user (and
> > potentially a more effective advocate for orca):-)
> >
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