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

[Loïc Minier]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2007, Josh Triplett wrote:
> 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.

 This is not going to happen; however, the meta-packages will probably
 make use of Recommends instead of Depends when APT properly enforces
 these, and you'll be able to override the maintainer's strongly
 recommended setup to use gnome-screensaver.

 We're not going to list every window manager, every screensaver or
 every browser in the GNOME meta-package, only software with a correct
 level of integration with GNOME gets included.  Your example above
 takes a good example: "gnome-www-browser" which represents all packages
 providing GNOME integration: GNOME-VFS support, session support, GNOME
 HIG etc.

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Loïc Minier