Re: Fwd: Best way to upgrade Orca from backports on Bookworm

Matthew says:

 >think that dirring install, backports should ready be enabled and  if
 >using accessibility, the accessibility statck should be pulled in by
 >default dirring install using the install with speech option anywayy.


It is an interesting idea, but I don't think Debian policy would allow 
that because you could wind up with a broken system.

See https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

It says:

"All backports are deactivated by default so that the normal operation 
of a stable installation will not be compromised with potentially 
disruptive changes (such as incompatible configuration schema). Release 
files make this possible, and all backported packages are pinned..."


On 3/26/25 06:15, john doe wrote:
> FWDing this as it was sent to me privately.
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Re: Best way to upgrade Orca from backports on Bookworm
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:27:46 +0000
> From: matthew dyer <[email protected]>
> To: john doe <[email protected]>
>
> Hi,
>
> IMO,  I think that debian accessibility needs to be updated as the way
> you do it in bookworm is done in the matter you described.  That is with
> sudo apt install orca espeak-ng speech-dispatcher brltty -t
> bookworm-backports.  Inother words , you would just run the apt install
> command targeting bookworm-obackports to get the latest packages. BTW I
> think that dirring install, backports should ready be enabled and if
> using accessibility, the accessibility statck should be pulled in by
> default dirring install using the install with speech option anywayy.
>
> Matthew
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: john doe <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 2:41 PM
> To: Debian Accessibility Team <[email protected]>
> Subject: Best way to upgrade Orca from backports on Bookworm
>
> Hi,
>
> At [1] it is suggested to do `apt-get install
> at-spi2-core/bullseye-backports gir1.2-atspi-2.0/bullseye-backports
> gir1.2-atk-1.0/bullseye-backports libatk-adaptor/bullseye-backports
> python3-pyatspi/bullseye-backports orca/bullseye-backports
> libatk-wrapper-java-jni/bullseye-backports
> libatk-wrapper-java/bullseye-backports` for Debian 11.
>
> I did upgrade Orca 43 to 47 using the Bookworm backports by doing
> `apt-get install -t bookworm-backports orca`.
> I'm not seeing any issues by having done so or missing dependencies.
>
> What is the/is there a recommended way to upgrade Orca from backports on
> Bookworm?
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility#Upgrading_the_Assistive_Technology_At_Spi 
>
>
> -- 
> John Doe
>
>
>
> -- 
> John Doe
>