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

[Philip Müller]

I ment testing ...

Am 28.03.2015 um 13:16 schrieb Ramon Buldo:
> The issue with brltty is solved upstream and already in manjaro unstable repos.
> 
> 2015-03-28 7:59 GMT+01:00 Philip Müller <philm at manjaro.org>:
>> 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 The Liblouis component related package is unfortunatelly outdated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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