[Libreoffice-qa] Request hold 3.6.3 final release for fdo#53474 - Windows Accessibility

[Olav Dahlum]

2012/10/26 V Stuart Foote <VStuart.Foote at utsa.edu>

> Micahel,
>
>
> Michael Meeks-2 wrote
> >       I reviewed & merged it to -3-6, it was reasonably trivial - had it
> been
> > proposed in good time for -3-6-3 we could have got another couple of
> > reviews, so that's sad - we were busy this minor release cycle.
> > Actually, simply posting a mail with [REVIEW-3-6-3] a11y fix - with a
> > link to the patch and a plea for a couple of reviews might have done it
> > for you.
>
> I'll keep the "[REVIEW-3-6-3] a11y fix" flag handy for the next round. But,
> I'm
>  not sure David and Stephan would consider it trivial given the way the
> Java
> and UNO accessibility source was structured.
>
>
> >       Moving ahead, what would -really- help would be to have more
> testing &
> > bug reports against master - which (generally) is in quite a good state
> > vs. 3.6 and should be usable. Indeed, if people really want to be
> > connected to development, and have every one of their -regression- bugs
> > taken really seriously, talked through in the ESC calls etc. they need
> > to be filing them vs. master/3.7 - where the bugs are most easy to find
> > and fix.
>
> In fact, I have not yet tested this patch against a 3-7 build of master.
>
> Problems with the daily TinderBox builds took the better  part of  two
> weeks
> to get  the initial  commit for this issue tested.  I had to ask to have it
> pushed
> down on  the -3-6 build  for testing because there has not been a viable
> Windows
>  build  of master complete in close to a month, Tinderbox 16 does not count
> as it is a
> minimal build.
>
> Seems that if we are going to solicit more  testing and bug reporting
> against the Windows
> builds of master the MSVC and MinGW TinderBoxes need to be more  closely
> monitored and assistance rendered to assure viable testing can occur.
>
> Stuart
>
>
>
>
Either way, this have to be addressed ASAP. I need the 3.6 series for
accessibility
tests with Freedom Scientific JAWS and others. The testing is related to
usage
scenarios for members of the Norwegian Association of the Blind and
Partially
Sighted, so it's important.

-- 
Olav Dahlum

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