Re: [orca-list] Announcing Orca v3.6.2 and v3.7.0.95

[Guy Schlosser <guyster bex net>]

Hi all, will we get the latest orca in automatic 12.10 updates? If not, it shouldn't be too hard to compile 
from source right? Thanks a lot, and thanks for the hard work on orca.

Thanks,

Guy

On Nov 12, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976 gmail com> wrote:

> Hi,
> Thanks for the latest release of Orca. I was just wondering, does XFCE/LXDE support still work in the 
> current Python3.X versions?
> Thanks
> Storm
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 06:09 AM, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com> wrote:
>
> > from: Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>
> > date: Mon, Nov 12 06:09 AM -05:00 2012
> > to: gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> > cc: orca-list gnome org
> > subject: [orca-list] Announcing Orca v3.6.2 and v3.7.0.95
> >
> > =============
> > What is Orca?
> > =============
> >
> > Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen reader
> > that provides access to the graphical desktop via user-customizable
> > combinations of speech and refreshable braille.
> >
> > You can read more about Orca at http://live.gnome.org/Orca.
> >
> > =================
> > Why two versions?
> > =================
> >
> > Having two parallel versions of Orca was easier than trying to have a
> > single version of Orca which would work nicely in both Python 2 and
> > Python 3. This is, however, the last of the dual-version Orcas. Going
> > forward Orca will require Python 3.3.
> >
> > ==================================
> > What's Changed in 3.6.2/3.7.0.95?
> > ==================================
> >
> > General
> >
> >  * Fix for bug 674526 - Orca sometimes fails to present download
> >    "dialog" widgets
> >
> >  * Fix for bug 688057 - A page that hangs orca
> >
> >  * Fix for Orca continuing to speak when speech is disabled via
> >    the preferences dialog
> >
> >  * Improve performance of building flat review context
> >
> >  * Fix for bug 687527 - Handle applications returning 0 in
> >    minimalIncrement for Value
> >
> >  * Use subprocess.Popen() instead of the deprecated os.popen()
> >
> >  * Use for() instead of map() in cleanup()
> >
> >  * Fix for bug 686189 - Use importlib.import_module() instead of
> >    __import__() and imp.reload() instead of reload()
> >
> >  * Fix to braille email address auto completions in Thunderbird
> >
> >  * Pkill fails to kill Orca in Python 3 (3.7.0.95 only)
> >
> >  * Fix for bug 687526 - Orca excepts trying to output exceptions
> >    (3.7.0.95 only)
> >
> > Where can I get it?
> > ===================
> >
> > http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/3.6/orca-3.6.2.tar.xz
> > http://download.gnome.org/sources/orca/3.7/orca-3.7.0.95.tar.xz
> >
> > Enjoy!
> > -- The Orca Team
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > https://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
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
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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
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp