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

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Good that we clarify that, because it's very important we keep one
another informed of these things.

thank you for raising the issue, and sorry if I took you to be
complaining.

Best,

Janina

Tyna Pelletier-Bilodeau writes:
> 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
> > > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > > 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
> > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > 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
> > > > >
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > 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
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > 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

-- 

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