Hello, I was always told that the Cinimen Desktop Environment was not accessible with Orca. If this still the case? As for LXDE/XFCE, I would assume that their were improvements made.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Samuel Thibault <sthiba...@debian.org> wrote: > Hello, > > We have a newer debian installer image to test! > > It should be working quite nicely, with accessibility automatically > enabled at reboot in gnome, MATE, LXDE, XFCE, and Cinnamon! > > Feel free to test and report! > > Samuel > > ----- Forwarded message from Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> ----- > > From: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> > To: debian-devel-annou...@lists.debian.org > Subject: Debian Installer Jessie RC 1 release > Reply-To: debian-b...@lists.debian.org > Cc: debian-b...@lists.debian.org > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 02:43:02 +0100 > > The Debian Installer team[1] is pleased to announce the first release > candidate of the installer for Debian 8 "Jessie". > > > Note: One shouldn't worry about the noticeable delta between the file > timestamps (which match when the build happened) and the date of this > announce. The delay in announcing this release is entirely my fault, > and I'm very sorry the inconvenience. > > > Important changes in this release of the installer > ================================================== > > * check-missing-firmware (in hw-detect) was updated to look at the > kernel logs to determine which firmwares might be missing. This > fixes the longstanding regression in this area compared to the > Wheezy release (#725714). > * Artwork was updated to use the new "Lines" theme by Juliette Belin. > * Due to a change on the linux kernel side, the "---" separator is > now used instead of the historical "--" one to separate kernel > parameters from userland parameters. This makes it possible for > user-params to do its job, and copy e.g. console="..." settings > where they're expected in the installed system. > * On the i386 architecture, the 486 kernel flavour was renamed to 586 > since it was determined that 486 hadn't been supported in a long > while. > > > Other changes in this release of the installer > ============================================== > > * brltty-udeb: > - Update autostart rules with newer devices. > - Fix auto-starting at-spi and orca in XFCE and LXDE. > * choose-mirror: Update the mirror list (this includes dropping > cdn.debian.net). > * console-setup: Define missing X keysyms (#762399). > * debootstrap: Add support for Debian stretch and Ubuntu vivid. > * debian-installer: > - Update documentation of required minimum disk size. > * efibootmgr: Better handle unreadable boot variables (#768880). > * espeakup: > - Fix spelling keystrokes and char-by-char echo (#767595). > - Fix spelling capital keystrokes (#770753). > * grub2: > - Add support for forcing an extra copy of grub-efi to the > removable media path /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOT$ARCH.EFI (#767037, > #773092, #773004). > * grub-installer: > - Recognise the new ignore_uefi flag from partman-efi. > - Add extra support for forcing installation to the EFI removable > media path (#767037). > - Add support for grub-installer/bootdev=default (#759737). To be > used with caution! > * libdebian-installer: Recognise the new ignore_uefi flag from > partman-efi. > * linux: Add ".0" to the kernel version string (#742226, #745984). > * netcfg: > - Add support for /etc/network/interfaces.d/ (#770078). > - Fix missing bounds check on nameserver array iteration, leading > to a crash when 4 (or more) nameservers are available (#768218). > * partman-crypto: Add support for preseeding passphrases (#656710). > To be used with caution! > * partman-efi: > - Set the "esp" flag for the ESP System Partition (#768788). > - Warn the user if we've booted in UEFI mode but we seem to have > only non-UEFI existing OS installations - give them the option > to switch the installer to non-UEFI mode from this point > forwards so they don't break potential dual-boot setup (#763127). > - Force umask for /boot/efi in mount options (#770033). > - Only display "Force UEFI installation" dialog for x86 (#773311). > * partman-md: Fix mdadm.conf generation (#763073). > * win32-loader: > - Disable "Download Debian GNU/kFreeBSD as stable" as this won't > be possible in jessie. > - Drop now-redundant desktop selection (#762478). > - Avoid dll dependency issues (#772898). > > > Hardware support changes > ======================== > > * debian-installer: > - Add hd-media support for the armhf platform. > - Add scsi-modules to the cdrom flavour on ppc64el to be able to > access the CD-ROM drive. > - Add grub.cfg to x86 netboot mini.iso for use on EFI systems > (#762618). > - Add virtio-modules udebs to more arm images. > - Provide a PXE bootable grub.efi in the netboot flavour for amd64 > and arm64. > * linux: > - [armhf] Add udeb modules to support video and keyboard for imx6 > (#770635). > - [i386] Rename 486 flavour to 586 for udebs (#768288). > - [armhf] add chipidea usb host driver to usb-modules for i.MX6. > - [armhf] Add mtd-modules udeb. > - [armhf] Add Exynos5 disk/usb/nic modules to udebs. > - [armhf] Backport BananaPi device tree files (#763897). > - udeb: Add pata_rdc to pata-modules (#633128). > * partman-base: Improve detection of bootloader area, for Freescale > and AM33XX systems (770666). > * u-boot: > - [armhf] Add Bananapi target. > - Enable A10-OLinuXino-Lime, A20-OLinuXino-LIME, Cubieboard2, > and Cubieboard2_FEL targets (#762383). > - Disable efikamx and efikasb targets. > - Add nitrogen6q support to u-boot-imx. > - Add support for the Arndale board (#763186). > - Build FEL variants for all sunxi platforms. > > > Localization status > =================== > > * 75 languages are supported in this release. > * Full translation for 19 of them. > > > Known bugs in this release > ========================== > > * There seems to be no known major bug as of yet. > > The errata page[2] will be updated if needed. > > > Feedback for this release > ========================= > > We need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so > please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will > need are available at our web site[3]. > > > Thanks > ====== > > The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this > release. > > 1. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Team > 2. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata > 3. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer > > -- > Cyril Brulebois > on behalf of the Debian Installer Team > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-accessibility-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/20150127205847.ge2...@type.youpi.perso.aquilenet.fr > >
