Re: [orca-list] Announcing Orca v3.7.4

[José Vilmar Estácio de Souza <vilmar informal com br>]

I'm using arch for at least one month in my work, and so far not 
encountered any problem that prevents me from working.


On 01/15/2013 08:16 AM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> The only issue I have about arch is of security and also that it can't
> be used for day to day work.
> I wonder how often one breaks a system in arch, preventing it to be a
> regular prime time distro.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
> On 01/15/2013 03:27 PM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > I think that even with ubuntu 12.10 you don't,.
> > What I did was move to arch, as suggested in this message.
> > The problem is that the arch requires the user to have some knowledge
> > of the system and some settings are not as automated as in ubuntu.
> > Moreover the existing documentation is very good in my opinion.
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > On 01/15/2013 07:41 AM, Thomas Ward wrote:
> > > Hi Krishnakant,
> > >
> > > Quick answer is you don't. Ubuntu 12.04 is too far out of date to run
> > > Orca 3.7.4. Basically, if you want it we are talking about compiling
> > > Gnome 3.6, possibly Gnome 3.7, upgrading to Python 3, and building all
> > > the Python dependencies Orca needs. If you want bleeding edge builds
> > > of Orca pick a different distribution like Arch which has a rolling
> > > release for Gnome etc which is better for development and bleeding
> > > edge testing of Gnome. Ubuntu while decent for a stable day to day
> > > distribution is not great for bleeding edge testing of Gnome and Orca
> > > without doing a lot of custom compiling and installing everything
> > > yourself.
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > On 1/15/13, Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com> wrote:
> > > > Great work.
> > > > So what do I need to compile this version on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit.
> > > > I am getting an error on GTK+ not properly installed.
> > > > It asks for a version which seems to be not there.
> > > > Kindly help.
> > > > Happy hacking.
> > > > Krishnakant.
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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

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{}S José Vilmar Estácio de Souza