Re: [orca-list] stay away from chromium latest snapshots !

["Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau" <ecole tyna gmail com>]

Indeed. I did have a backup plan so to speak. I didn't write this mail to 
complain but rather to help others who might face the same issue at some point 
and hopefully avoid them the trouble of these snapshots. I'm sorry if it came 
accross as complaining, that was not at all what I intended.

On Mon Jun 22, 2020 at 6:20 AM CEST, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Well, yes. 4179 would be newer than 4172.
>
> Remember these are unstable nightly builds. They don't claim to be
> production ready. If you depend on chromium specifically, you likely
> should have a plan for rollback, or some work around when these things
> happen, because you can pretty much expect they will now and then.
>
> Best,
>
> Janina
>
> Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau writes:
> > I have chromium snapshot version 85.0.4179.0.r780626.
> >
> > On Mon Jun 22, 2020 at 6:01 AM CEST, Janina Sajka via orca-list wrote:
> > > John,
> > >
> > > That's the version I also have as per my other email. It's from a week
> > > ago and is working fine here as well.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Janina
> > >
> > > John Covici writes:
> > > > I am using chromium 84.0.4147.45 without issues -- is that the version
> > > > you are talking about as being problematic?
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:14:55 -0400,
> > > > Jason White via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > Could someone submit a bug report?
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately, gdb isn't giving me useful output, as the snapshot
> > > > > I was using didn't have debug symbols. If anyone here has
> > > > > Chromium built with debug symbols, submitting a bug report with a
> > > > > stack trace would be useful.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 6/21/20 1:42 PM, Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > it appears that since a couple of snapshots, chromium messed up so badly in the
> > > > > > accessibility stack that typing in the search bar result in an instant segfault.
> > > > > > Issue only happens when accessibility flags are passed, which confirm they are
> > > > > > somehow related to the problem. The very latest orca from git master, or the
> > > > > > stable release, it does not seem to matter at any point. Also the bookmark menu
> > > > > > with hidden bookmarks is now entirely unusable with orca.
> > > > > > I send this email to warn people, stay away from the very latest snapshots.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hope this avoids some trouble for others
> > > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > > > orca-list gnome org
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> > > > > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > > > > GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > > > GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > > How do
> > > > you spend it?
> > > >
> > > >          John Covici wb2una
> > > >          covici ccs covici com
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > orca-list gnome org
> > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > > GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Janina Sajka
> > >
> > > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org
> > >
> > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > orca-list mailing list
> > > orca-list gnome org
> > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa