Re: at-spi2-core: API Freeze Break Request

[Javier Jardón <jjardon gnome org>]

On 29 August 2013 16:59, Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com> wrote:
> This bug:
>
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=707010
>
> Prevents to use any atspi event listener on gnome-shell, and in
> extension, in any gjs with a context.
>
> The problem is that one specific method, that is not used at all, and
> there isn't any plan to use it, is not gobject-introspection friendly.
> It seems that when gjs import the module is scan the typelib and define
> all the function/methods, and totally fails if one is wrongly defined.
> So in spite of not using that wrongly define method, we can't use any of
> the other methods.
>
> Current solution proposed is skip this method when creating the .gir file.
>
> Note that Mike Gorse (at-spi2-core maintainer) notes that that method
> was added as just an utility method, and that probably it will be
> deprecated from the C API as well.

Go for it: 2/2 for release team


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