Orca v2.17.4 Dependencies Question

I've noted that the Red Hat build of Orca-2.17-4 requires
Python-2.5.
I'm wondering whether this is just Red Hat using its current
development
cycle to transition to the newer Python libraries, or
whether there's
actually some 2.5 dependency in Orca (or Gnome-2.17) itself?

If not Orca or Gnome, then I'll attempt to build rpms
against Python-2.4
and publish them on our SpeakupModified.Org yum
repositories. 

I suspect we'll all be transitioning to Python-2.5
eventually, but now
may not be the propitious time just to work with the latest
and greatest
in Linux gui screen readers. Or, perhaps it is--because we
are in a dev
cycle, after all.

All guidance on this, today and in the future, will be much
appreciated.

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Hi Janina:

On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 13:09 -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> I've noted that the Red Hat build of Orca-2.17-4
requires Python-2.5.
> I'm wondering whether this is just Red Hat using its
current development
> cycle to transition to the newer Python libraries, or
whether there's
> actually some 2.5 dependency in Orca (or Gnome-2.17)
itself?

The Orca configure.in file checks for this:

AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.4)

According to
http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/htm
l_node/Python.html,
"AM_PATH_PYTHON takes a single optional argument. This
argument, if
present, is the minimum version of Python which can be used
for this
package."

Hope this helps,

Will


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