Re: [orca-list] Possibly Forking Gnome 2

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com> wrote:
 
> I could in theory just grab the latest Gnome 2.32 source, officially
> fork it into an alternative to Gnome 3, customize it, and release it
> as a new desktop environment, and then upgrade it manually from there.
> However, before I do something that major I'd like to see what issues
> there might be with Orca compatibility. 

It wouldn't just be a question of Orca compatibility. Gnome, as I understand
it, has a lot of dependencies that won't remain static over time. Maintaining
a fork would be a huge task.

In my opinion there are much better ways to contribute to accessibility than a
Gnome 2 fork dead end.

For example, you could join an existing project (if not Gnome 3, then XFCE,
KDE or whatever) to improve accessibility and to help put processes in place
that prevent accidental breakage later on.

You could work on Chromium accessibility under Linux (or Mozilla accessibility
if you prefer that).

You could go over to LibreOffice and fix some of their accessibility bugs
involving ATK/AT-SPI.

I'm sure there are other options that would make greater contributions than
attempting a fork of gnome.