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

[Josselin Mouette]

Le samedi 16 juin 2007 à 11:01 -0700, Josh Triplett a écrit :
> 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.

There is much difference between the epiphany/galeon case and
gnome-screensaver vs. xscreensaver. Currently xscreensaver is not
maintained and its GNOME integration is close to nothing.

> 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.  

The could be said of Xscreensaver, which expects every program that
disables the screensaver to use its X property hack. TTBOMK, totem
doesn't support it anymore, which means the screensaver won't be
deactivated while watching a movie. I also don't think xscreensaver and
gnome-power-manager interact nicely.

Cheers,
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