Bug#429270: gnome-desktop-environment: Please add xscreensaver alternative for gnome-screensaver dependency

[Josh Triplett]

Package: gnome-desktop-environment
Version: 1:2.14.3.6
Severity: normal

Just as gnome-desktop-environment depends on epiphany-browser |
gnome-www-browser, please change the dependency on gnome-screensaver to
gnome-screensaver | xscreensaver.  This will keep gnome-screensaver as the
default, while allowing users with xscreensaver installed to avoid installing
gnome-screensaver.

gnome-screensaver still has a number of problems compared to xscreensaver.  In
particular it does not respect the standard screensaver mechanisms like
xscreensaver does; the gnome-screensaver developers seem to expect every
program that currently disables the screensaver to add additional code to try
the gnome-screensaver D-BUS interface.  While gnome-screensaver might
eventually reach parity with xscreensaver, it currently seems reasonable to
allow xscreensaver as an alternative.

- Josh Triplett

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-rc1 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-desktop-environment depends on:
ii  ekiga                        2.0.3-6+b1  H.323 and SIP compatible VOIP clie
ii  esound                       0.2.36-3    Enlightened Sound Daemon - Support
ii  evince                       0.8.1-2     Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  evolution                    2.10.2-1    groupware suite with mail client a
ii  evolution-data-server        1.10.2-1    evolution database backend server
ii  fast-user-switch-applet      2.18.0-1    Fake fast-user-switch-applet packa
ii  file-roller                  2.18.3-1    an archive manager for GNOME
ii  gcalctool                    5.9.14-2    A GTK2 desktop calculator
ii  gconf-editor                 2.18.0-2    An editor for the GConf configurat
ii  gdm                          2.18.2-1    GNOME Display Manager
ii  gnome-about                  2.18.2-1    The GNOME about box
ii  gnome-backgrounds            2.16.2-1    a set of backgrounds packaged with
ii  gnome-core                   1:2.14.3.6  The GNOME Desktop Environment -- e
ii  gnome-games                  1:2.18.2-2  games for the GNOME desktop
ii  gnome-keyring-manager        2.18.0-2    keyring management program for the
ii  gnome-media                  2.18.0-2+b1 GNOME media utilities
ii  gnome-netstatus-applet       2.12.1-1    Network status applet for GNOME 2
ii  gnome-nettool                2.18.0-2    network information tool for GNOME
ii  gnome-system-monitor         2.18.2-1    Process viewer and system resource
ii  gnome-system-tools           2.18.1-1    Fake gnome-system-tools package to
ii  gnome-themes                 2.18.1-2    official themes for the GNOME 2 de
ii  gnome-user-guide             2.18.1-1    GNOME user's guide
ii  gnome-utils                  2.18.1-1    GNOME desktop utilities
ii  gnome-volume-manager         2.17.0-2    GNOME daemon to auto-mount and man
ii  gstreamer0.10-esd            0.10.5-7    GStreamer plugin for ESD
ii  gtk2-engines                 1:2.10.2-1  theme engines for GTK+ 2.x
ii  gucharmap                    1:1.10.0-2  Unicode character picker and font 
ii  iceweasel-gnome-support [gno 2.0.0.4-1   Support for Gnome in Iceweasel
ii  industrial-cursor-theme      0.6.1.3     flat-looking cursor theme for X
ii  libgnome2-perl               1.040-1     Perl interface to the GNOME librar
ii  libgnomevfs2-bin             1:2.18.1-2  GNOME Virtual File System (support
ii  libgnomevfs2-extra           1:2.18.1-2  GNOME Virtual File System (extra m
ii  nautilus-cd-burner           2.18.2-1    CD Burning front-end for Nautilus
ii  sound-juicer                 2.16.4-1    GNOME 2 CD Ripper
ii  totem                        2.18.2-1    A simple media player for the Gnom
ii  vino                         2.18.1-2    VNC server for GNOME
ii  zenity                       2.18.2-1    Display graphical dialog boxes fro

Versions of packages gnome-desktop-environment recommends:
pn  dasher                        <none>     (no description available)
pn  fam                           <none>     (no description available)
pn  gnome-accessibility-themes    <none>     (no description available)
ii  gnome-mag                     1:0.14.5-3 a screen magnifier for the GNOME d
pn  gnopernicus                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  gok                           <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information