Re: [orca-list] Orca-2.31.1 and OOo

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com> wrote:
> Hi Jason.

Hi Joanie,
> On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 09:56 +1100, Jason White wrote:
> > Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com> wrote:
> > > Regardless of what is causing OOo to quit in terms of Orca, OOo
> > > shouldn't be this fragile. It would be good if a bug could be filed
> > > against OOo in their issue tracker.
> >
> > How will this be coordinated with LibreOffice?
>
> Dunno. Is LibreOffice no longer incorporating code from OOo? If that is
> indeed the case, then a couple of bugs should probably be filed rather
> than one. If they are still incorporating code from OOo, I'd file the
> bug against OOo. Say what you will about the parties involved, but the
> Oracle folks working on OOo a11y are incredibly skilled and typically
> pretty responsive. Whether or not we'll find the same from the
> LibreOffice folks remains to be seen.

LibreOffice is a fork; they're going to diverge increasingly from OO.O
according to the articles I read at LWN. As I recall, they're still planning to
integrate what they want from OO.O development, but I really don't know what
the implications will be for the accessibility support. You've probably read
reports of OO.O community members resigning en masse to join LibreOffice.
> > Every major Linux distribution that I am aware of has committed to LibreOffice
> > and the Document Foundation, which appears to be a solid move in the right
> > direction and long over due in my opinion.
>
> Ignoring issues of accessibility for a moment, I would agree. It's sad
> when things which are otherwise good and right impact us negatively. I
> wish I had the answers. Hopefully someone else here does.

I share the sentiment.