[manjaro-dev] Fwd: Two importanter issues with affecting both Manjaro and Manjaro Sonar edition screen reader users

[Philip Müller]

Well, we can do that to please our users ...

Am 27.03.2015 um 23:33 schrieb Ramon Buldo:
> I will report the second issue to arch. Do we need to upload new
> packages temporarily while they fix this?
> 
> 2015-03-27 19:13 GMT+01:00 Philip Müller <philm at manjaro.org>:
>>
>> Hmm, seems we have to check some Sonar-related packages now ...
>>
>> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
>> Betreff: Two importanter issues with affecting both Manjaro and Manjaro
>> Sonar edition screen reader users
>> Datum: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:52:32 +0100
>> Von: Hammer Attila <hammera at pickup.hu>
>> An: support at manjaro.org
>>
>> Dear Support Team,
>>
>> My name is Attila Hammer, and using Linux releases with Orca Screen Reader.
>> I installed sunday with Manjaro 0.8.12 GNOME Community Edition release.
>> My first impressions with this release is very good.
>> I founded two importanter issues, with affecting visually imparied Orca
>> users if using Manjaro or Manjaro Sonar releases with Orca Screen Reader:
>> 1. The Liblouis component related package is unfortunatelly outdated
>> both ARCH and Manjaro, and missing the enable-ucs4 configuration option
>> in Liblouis package PKGBUILD file.
>> If this compilation option is missing, when Orca users enabling
>> contracted braille support in Orca preferences dialog/braille page, the
>> user braille display only the first character presents the contracted
>> braille output.
>> Orca using Liblouis to generate contracted braille.
>> Because I not founded a bug tracker for Manjaro (possible only I not
>> known the proper possibility), I reported this issue with Arch, and
>> attached a patch:
>> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44319
>>
>> I do changes only the PKGBUILD file, and my local Manjaro system
>> regenerated with Liblouis package. If I using my local generated package
>> version, Orca works right the contracted braille feature, and my braille
>> display I right see contracted braille outputs.
>> Liblouis team publicating releases three month cicle, next release date
>> estimated is june 1 TH, 2015.
>> Manjaro future will follow up Liblouis version upgrade? Need help future
>> the Liblouis packaging related? If the team not have enough time to
>> follow up Liblouis release cicle, I welcome doing the packaging this
>> component related.
>>
>> 2. Temporary I switched with Manjaro unstable repository my system,
>> because I would like testing more accessibility related bugs after GNOME
>> 3.16 release lands with Manjaro unstable repository.
>> This day happened a cython package update from the 0.22-1 version to the
>> 0.22-2 version, and after this upgrade Orca unable to use the brlapi
>> python binding.
>>
>> Simple testcase in Terminal:
>> type python command, press ENTER key, and paste the import brlapi code.
>> Expected result:
>> You not see a traceback error message.
>> Actual result:
>> You will see a traceback error message, because when happening a cython
>> package upgrade, need regenerating the brltty package too to the Brltty
>> python bindings is recompiled with new cython version. Brltty compiling
>> Python bindings with cython,.
>> This issue will affecting Manjaro and Sonar Manjaro release users if
>> happening the cython package upgrade without brltty package upgrade the
>> stable branches.
>>
>> If need reporting this issues with Manjaro bug tracker (not matter if
>> command line need do this if not have other possibility), please tell me
>> the bug tracker URL.
>> The bugs.manjaro.org addres redirecting me a wiki page.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Attila
>>
>>
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