Re: Bug#682914: Iceweasel Fails to detect that accessibility is enabled on the Gnome 3 desktop
Hi release team,
Would you allow this patch to go in, for the reasons outlined below?
https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/e95cb5b98154
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:27:51AM +1000, Jason White wrote:
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 10.0.6esr-1
> Severity: normal
>
> Debian now uses the Gnome 3 accessibility infrastructure (AT-SPI 2, Orca 3.4,
> etc.). Iceweasel 10.x is unable to detect that accessibility is enabled under
> Gnome 3 and it is therefore inaccessible to Orca users unless work-arounds are
> in place (i.e., GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1 is set in the environment by the user).
>
> The patch to fix this appears to have been integrated as of Firefox 11:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693343
> and I can confirm that it is working (I use Iceweasel 14 from experimental).
>
> Would it be possible to backport the patch to the version of Gecko that will
> be included in Wheezy?
>
> This is becoming a FAQ on the Debian accessibility and Orca mailing lists -
> users keep encountering this bug after installing testing.
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