ubuntu-desktop's dependency on gnome-orca

[Alex Jones]

Hi Matthew

I was suggesting that the choice to install a11y tools could simply be a
part of Ubiquity.

If nobody wants to change Ubiquity, then at least just install
ubuntu-a11y by default (so the end effect is the same - a11y tools by
default) and if people want to remove it they can do so without removing
ubuntu-desktop.

> If there were an ubuntu-a11y metapackage which is included in the liveCD
> system and desktop install *if* the user selects the accessibility
> option on boot, this has the disadvantage that some users might not be
> able to select that option in the first place, and miss out on the
> accessibility tools.
> 
> On the other hand it has the advantage that users who don't wish to have
> accessibility tools on their desktop can still participate in safe and
> reliable upgrades because they don't need to remove the ubuntu-desktop
> package.
> 
> In general, I think Ubuntu should always lean to being *inclusive* of
> accessibility tools, because the advantages they provide for some users
> far outweigh the disadvantages for other users (i.e. at the most, you
> end up with some apps you don't use in the menu, and that is hardly a
> problem). However, I suppose that if some empirical evidence showed that
> *lots* of users wish to remove the tools, whereas most people who
> require accessibility tools are able to select the option on boot, that
> might support a different decision. I personally have no idea how big
> those two groups are.
> 
> Matt
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