Re: [orca-list] Does pyatspi require at-spi2?

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
Thank you Mike and Luke, I have attached your replies to the bug report.

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, Mike Gorse wrote:
> It is mostly a python wrapper around libatspi (from at-spi2-core) with 
> a few methods added and various renamings and other changes for 
> compatibility with pyatspi v1.  at-spi2-core is a run-time dependency 
> but not a build dependency.
>
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Michael Whapples wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I know the subject seems like an odd question, however it has 
> > actually come up.
> >
> > I filed a bug against the archlinux package for pyatspi as it does 
> > not depend on at-spi2-core suggesting such a dependency should exist. 
> > A comment has been added to that bug report which reads like this: 
> > Hello, pyatspi is not a bindings module for some C library. AFAIK, it 
> > is a pure Python module that allows to write clients for the AT-SPI 
> > protocol. It has no reason to depend on anything special, just like 
> > graphical applications should not depend on xorg-server and 
> > webbrowsers do not depend on Apache.
> >
> > So what is the situation about pyatspi and at-spi2 and what pyatspi 
> > requires?
> >
> > Michael Whapples
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