Re: [orca-list] Orca on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (or CentOS)

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Trevor Saunders writes:
> Hi,
>
> > It will always be an issue because it'll always be behind Fedora. This
> > is only exaserbated because Orca and related development is ongoing.
>
> that's true for most things.
>
> > You only get a RHEL release every few years. When released, it'll be
> > behind Fedora Orca by a version or so. Thereafter, it will continue to
> > drift further behind state of the art.
>
> that's the price you pay for reliability.


Well, that's the theory and part of the rationale for the big price. I'm not sure it's necessarily the case 
at any
time or with any given Orca release, or with any given set of related
apps. For one thing, I don't believe Red Hat does any a11y testing. So,
If I'm correct then there's no basis whatsoever for such a claim--at
least not with respect to the AT components.

So, you people with RHEL licenses -- Use the license. Call Red Hat for
tech support with Orca. Let's see how well they do. I'm willing to bet
some moola they're going to hem and haw.

My bottom line -- RHEL ain't worth 2 cents when it comes to a11y.
But, that's just my 2 cents (American).

Janina


> Trev
>
> > Janina
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Garry
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > orca-list gnome org
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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
> > > Netiquette Guidelines are at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > Janina Sajka,       Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
> >             sip:janina asterisk rednote net
> >
> > Chair, Open Accessibility   janina a11y org 
> > Linux Foundation            http://a11y.org
> >
> > Chair, Protocols & Formats
> > Web Accessibility Initiative        http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
> > World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > orca-list mailing list
> > orca-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > 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
> > Netiquette Guidelines are at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp



> _______________________________________________
> orca-list mailing list
> orca-list gnome org
> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> 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
> Netiquette Guidelines are at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions/NetiquetteGuidelines
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp


-- 

Janina Sajka,   Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
                sip:janina asterisk rednote net

Chair, Open Accessibility       janina a11y org 
Linux Foundation                http://a11y.org

Chair, Protocols & Formats
Web Accessibility Initiative    http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)