Debian Bug report logs - #357297
please revert this; breaks screensaver handling in kde

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Message #3 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <debian@appaji.net>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: Include a hook script in /etc/X11/Xsession.d to start xscreensaver via Xsession

Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:41:20 +0530

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Package: xscreensaver
Version: 4.23-4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

It would be good to be able to start xscreensaver by Xsession via a hook
script in /etc/X11/Xsession.d.

The attached script ...

1. Checks for xscreensaver-command, xscreensaver and executes
"xscreensaver-command -exit" and "xscreensaver -nosplash" in the
background (as recommended in the xscreensaver(1))

2. Follows the conventions specified in Xsession(5) for "CUSTOMIZING THE
STARTUP PROCEDURE".

Giridhar

--
Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://www.appaji.net/

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages xscreensaver depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0              1.10.3-1        The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                    2.3.6-3         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libcairo2                1.0.2-3         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libfontconfig1           2.3.2-5         generic font configuration library
ii  libglade2-0              1:2.5.1-2       library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.8.6-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.8.13-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62                6b-12           The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libpam0g                 0.79-3.1        Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libpango1.0-0            1.10.4-1        Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                   6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Window System Session Management
ii  libx11-6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxcursor1              1.1.3-1         X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii  libxi6                   6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Window System Input extension li
ii  libxinerama1             6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Window System multi-head display
ii  libxml2                  2.6.23.dfsg.2-2 GNOME XML library
ii  libxmu6                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Window System miscellaneous util
ii  libxpm4                  6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X pixmap library
ii  libxrandr2               6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Window System Resize, Rotate and
ii  libxrender1              1:0.9.0.2-1     X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxt6                   6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii  libxxf86misc1            6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X miscellaneous extensions library
ii  libxxf86vm1              6.9.0.dfsg.1-4  X Video Mode selection library
ii  zlib1g                   1:1.2.3-11      compression library - runtime

Versions of packages xscreensaver recommends:
pn  libjpeg-progs                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  miscfiles | wordlist          <none>     (no description available)
ii  perl [perl5]                  5.8.8-3    Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
pn  xli | xloadimage              <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

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Message #10 received at 357297-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org>

To: 357297-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#357297: fixed in xscreensaver 5.10-2

Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:29:33 +0000

Source: xscreensaver
Source-Version: 5.10-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xscreensaver, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

xscreensaver-data-extra_5.10-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-data-extra_5.10-2_i386.deb
xscreensaver-data_5.10-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-data_5.10-2_i386.deb
xscreensaver-gl-extra_5.10-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl-extra_5.10-2_i386.deb
xscreensaver-gl_5.10-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl_5.10-2_i386.deb
xscreensaver_5.10-2.diff.gz
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-2.diff.gz
xscreensaver_5.10-2.dsc
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-2.dsc
xscreensaver_5.10-2_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-2_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 357297@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org> (supplier of updated xscreensaver package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:52:44 -0430
Source: xscreensaver
Binary: xscreensaver xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra
Architecture: source i386
Version: 5.10-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org>
Changed-By: Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org>
Description: 
 xscreensaver - Automatic screensaver for X
 xscreensaver-data - data files to be shared among screensaver frontends
 xscreensaver-data-extra - data files to be shared among screensaver frontends
 xscreensaver-gl - GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver
 xscreensaver-gl-extra - GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver
Closes: 314553 357297 481749 486603 495633 504424 505379 539699 539937 544352 544837
Changes: 
 xscreensaver (5.10-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Updated my email on debian/copyright.
   * Added README.hacking to debian/xscreensaver.docs (Closes: #544352).
   * Included a hook for Xsession thanks to Y Giridhar Appaji Nag
   <debian@appaji.net> (Closes: #357297).
   * Fixed the changelog.
 .
 xscreensaver (5.10-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Tormod Volden ]
   * Drop patch applied upstream:
     - 12_upstream_fix_typo_in_de.po.patch
   * Removed hyperball and hypercube hacks, retired upstream
 .
   [ Jose Luis Rivas ]
   * Updated Standards-Version to 3.8.3 wo/ any changes needed.
   * Created debian/README.source.
   * Added patch 20_hack_flurry_man_name for NAME section of manpage for flurry
     hack.
   * Changed my email from ghostbar38@gmail.com to ghostbar@debian.org on
     Maintainer field.
   * Acknoledging nmu for 5.05.
 .
   [ Tormod Volden ]
   * New Upstream Version
     - Fixed intermittent failure in xscreensaver-command
       Thanks to contribution by James Vega (Closes: 486603)
     - Fixed another potential RANDR crash
   * Drop patches applied upstream:
     - 11_upstream_phosphor_segfault_win_size.patch
     - 63_upstream_blinkbox-man.patch
     - 64_upstream_topblock-man.patch
     - 65_upstream_eruption-man.patch
     - 66_upstream_truchet-man.patch
     - 67_upstream_metaballs-man.patch
     - 70_upstream_fix_local_screenlock_bypass.patch  (Closes: #539699)
   * Do not ship juggle any longer (merged with juggler3d)
   * Ship new hacks: rubikblocks and surfaces
   * 80_Makefile_in-clean-fix.patch: Workaround for make distclean
     failure in some situations, probably autoconf 2.64 issue
   * Ship the new "photopile" hack
   * Delete two unused patches (52_ and 60_) from source
   * Fix location of Norwegian Bokmål locale (no -> nb)
   * Do not ship these hacks any longer (retired upstream):
       bubbles, critical, flag, forest, glforestfire, lmorph, laser,
       lightning, lisa, lissie, rotor, sphere, spiral, t3d, vines,
       whirlygig, worm, mismunch
   * 10_upstream_skip_retired_hacks.patch: Fix hacks/Makefile.in and
     hacks/glx/Makefile.in so that retired hacks are not built
   * debian/control: Update FSF address
   * Update to debhelper compat 7
   * Fix typo in package description (Closes: #504424)
   * Add missing hacks to package description (Closes: #481749)
   * debian/control: Breaks gnome-screensaver < 2.26 since we are
     using full paths in the desktop files
   * Split debian/patches/20_hacks_Makefile.patch into new
     20_hacks_man_section.patch and 20_hacks_maze_xpm_libs.patch
   * debian/patches/20_skip_install-pam.patch:
     Do not run install-pam since we use dh_installpam
   * 11_upstream_phosphor_segfault_win_size.patch:
     phospor hack segfaults on window resize (Closes: #505379)
   * debian/split-hacks.{sh,config}: Configure which hacks go
     in which packages instead of manually editing *.files
     (Closes: #539937)
   * Refresh 50_driver_screensaver-properties-desktop.patch so that
     we do not change the .desktop file Category (Closes: #544837)
 .
   [ James Vega ]
   * debian/rules: Fix sequential build invokations
 .
   [ Jose Luis Rivas ]
   * debian/copyright: Major update (not 100% yet)
   * Move jigsaw from xscreensaver-data-extra.files to
     xscreensaver-gl-extra.files since it now is a glx hack
   * Screensavers that uses images now rotates according to EXIF data
     since this new upstream version (Closes: #314553)
   * Reinstate flurry on xscreensaver-gl-extra since crashes were not
     reproducible (Closes: #495633)
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Message #15 received at 357297@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)

To: 357297@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Please revert this awful feature or fix it.

Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:13:06 -0400

After the latest xscreensaver version which includes this "feature",
I now have xscreensaver being started when X is started no matter what
user logs in.  That is unacceptable since when I have mythtv logged in I
specifically do not want a screensaver, and I already made sure I don't
have one by using a custom .xsession.  Now all of a sudden I have a
screensaver being forced on me just by installing the xscreensaver
pacakge (which is a nice screensaver to have, just not for all users
with no way to disable it).

At the very least it should be possible to set an environment in the
.xsession or similar to prevent xscreensaver from starting.  Starting it
without exception is not acceptable.

Besides there are other screensavers out there that some users may choose
to run instead (like the gnome and kde screensavers).

I would prefer this bad change be reverted ASAP though.

-- 
Len Sorensen

Message #22 received at 357297@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jose Luis Rivas <joseluis@rivco.net>

To: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>, 357297@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#357297: Please revert this awful feature or fix it.

Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 06:27:52 -0430

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> After the latest xscreensaver version which includes this "feature",
> I now have xscreensaver being started when X is started no matter what
> user logs in.  That is unacceptable since when I have mythtv logged in I
> specifically do not want a screensaver, and I already made sure I don't
> have one by using a custom .xsession.  Now all of a sudden I have a
> screensaver being forced on me just by installing the xscreensaver
> pacakge (which is a nice screensaver to have, just not for all users
> with no way to disable it).
>
> At the very least it should be possible to set an environment in the
> .xsession or similar to prevent xscreensaver from starting.  Starting it
> without exception is not acceptable.
>
> Besides there are other screensavers out there that some users may choose
> to run instead (like the gnome and kde screensavers).
Yah, but we want to take over da world <g>
>
> I would prefer this bad change be reverted ASAP though.

Please just remove the file, I will work on this ASAP. Wait at least
until this weekend.

-- 
Jose Luis Rivas. San Cristóbal, Venezuela.
GPG 0xCACAB118 0x7C4DF50D
http://joseluisrivas.net/acerca - http://ghostbar.ath.cx/about

Message #27 received at 357297@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)

To: Jose Luis Rivas <joseluis@rivco.net>

Cc: 357297@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#357297: Please revert this awful feature or fix it.

Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:12:24 -0400

On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 06:27:52AM -0430, Jose Luis Rivas wrote:
> Yah, but we want to take over da world <g>

You have succeeded.  At least the world of debian unstable users.

> Please just remove the file, I will work on this ASAP. Wait at least
> until this weekend.

Great.

It really does seem like letting the desktop manager or .xsession or
something else decide which screensaver to run is nicer.

-- 
Len Sorensen

Message #34 received at 357297@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Alexander Hvostov <alex@aoi.dyndns.org>

To: 357297@bugs.debian.org

Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:42:33 -0700

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FYI: The script also breaks KDE's native screen saver facility.

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Message #39 received at 357297-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>

To: 357297-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#357297: fixed in xscreensaver 5.10-3

Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:03:02 +0000

Source: xscreensaver
Source-Version: 5.10-3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xscreensaver, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

xscreensaver-data-extra_5.10-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-data-extra_5.10-3_i386.deb
xscreensaver-data_5.10-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-data_5.10-3_i386.deb
xscreensaver-gl-extra_5.10-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl-extra_5.10-3_i386.deb
xscreensaver-gl_5.10-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl_5.10-3_i386.deb
xscreensaver_5.10-3.diff.gz
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-3.diff.gz
xscreensaver_5.10-3.dsc
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-3.dsc
xscreensaver_5.10-3_i386.deb
  to pool/main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-3_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 357297@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com> (supplier of updated xscreensaver package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:50:17 +0200
Source: xscreensaver
Binary: xscreensaver xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra
Architecture: source i386
Version: 5.10-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org>
Changed-By: Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
Description: 
 xscreensaver - Automatic screensaver for X
 xscreensaver-data - data files to be shared among screensaver frontends
 xscreensaver-data-extra - data files to be shared among screensaver frontends
 xscreensaver-gl - GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver
 xscreensaver-gl-extra - GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver
Closes: 357297 550002 550042
Changes: 
 xscreensaver (5.10-3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Move sonar to xscreensaver-gl, it got GL-ified (Closes: #550002)
   * Remove Xsession hook, could not be disabled (Closes: #550042)
   * Add desktop file to /etc/xdg/autostart, to disable it see
     http://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/ (Closes: #357297)
   * Move 20_hack_flurry_man_name to 11_upstream_flurry_man_name
   * debian/split-config.sh, debian/rules, etc: Auto-generate the
     package.install files to make one single dh_install{,man} call
     since this is so much more efficent.
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Message #44 received at 357297@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)

To: 357297@bugs.debian.org

Subject: This new behaviour is really annoying and really should be totally reverted as a horrible idea.

Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:55:08 -0500

Having xscreensaver autostart is just wrong.  The way to disable it is
way too complicated for most users to understand, and it still interferes
with kde and gnome's own screensaver setups.

Please revert this completely and never do it again.  It is simply the
wrong way to do things.

Every desktop manager has a way to start and select screensavers.  Having
xscreensaver but in the way simply annoys users and confuses everyone.
it is easy to enable xscreensaver from any window manager and desktop.
It is currently very hard to prevent xscreensaver from running.  hence the
current setup is just wrong.  Wrong wrong wrong.

-- 
Len Sorensen

Message #49 received at 357297@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: George Kiagiadakis <gkiagiad@csd.uoc.gr>

To: 357297@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: This new behaviour is really annoying and really should be totally reverted as a horrible idea.

Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:59:52 +0200

On Sunday 22 of November 2009 01:55:08 Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> Having xscreensaver autostart is just wrong.  The way to disable it is
> way too complicated for most users to understand, and it still interferes
> with kde and gnome's own screensaver setups.
> 
> Please revert this completely and never do it again.  It is simply the
> wrong way to do things.
> 
> Every desktop manager has a way to start and select screensavers.  Having
> xscreensaver but in the way simply annoys users and confuses everyone.
> it is easy to enable xscreensaver from any window manager and desktop.
> It is currently very hard to prevent xscreensaver from running.  hence the
> current setup is just wrong.  Wrong wrong wrong.
> 

I totally agree. Most users have gnome or kde and they are totally confused 
when they find that their screensaver settings are not honored. I was confused 
myself too, it took me a week to find out that xscreensaver was running.

I am a kde user, so I can talk about what a kde user faces with this setup:
1) KDE screensaver settings are not honored. Setting a different screesaver, a 
different timeout, disabling screensaver, they all don't work because 
xscreensaver always kicks in.
2) Mplayer and other video players do not stop xscreensaver for some reason 
(probably because they attempt to stop kscreensaver as they are running inside 
kde?), so you get screensavers right in the middle of movies... :@

To fix this, a user has to:
1) Find xscreensaver in the output of ps and realize that xscreensaver is not 
part of KDE. (Do you really expect an average user to be able to do that??)
2) Either disable it by using the complicated method with the desktop files 
(which requires looking in this bug report to find instructions), or purge it.

So, I think autostarting xscreensaver is just wrong and must be reverted asap. 
Users that use xscreensaver are probably advanced enough to know how to make  
xscreensaver autostart.

Regards,
George

Message #54 received at 357297@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)

To: 357297@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Is this going to get fixed soon? It is extremely annoying.

Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:08:59 -0500

Please revert this crap now so we can actually start controlling our
screensaver settings again.

We have now had xscreensaver forced on us for 3 months.  This is getting
rediculous.  All that has to be done is remove the crap that the previous
version added to the package.

This is breaking kde screensaver users, probably gnome screensaver users,
and who knows who else.

-- 
Len Sorensen

Message #65 received at 357297-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org>

To: 357297-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#357297: fixed in xscreensaver 5.10-6

Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:17:36 +0000

Source: xscreensaver
Source-Version: 5.10-6

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xscreensaver, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

xscreensaver-data-extra_5.10-6_i386.deb
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-data-extra_5.10-6_i386.deb
xscreensaver-data_5.10-6_i386.deb
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-data_5.10-6_i386.deb
xscreensaver-gl-extra_5.10-6_i386.deb
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl-extra_5.10-6_i386.deb
xscreensaver-gl_5.10-6_i386.deb
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-gl_5.10-6_i386.deb
xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod_5.10-6_i386.deb
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod_5.10-6_i386.deb
xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage_5.10-6_i386.deb
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage_5.10-6_i386.deb
xscreensaver_5.10-6.diff.gz
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-6.diff.gz
xscreensaver_5.10-6.dsc
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-6.dsc
xscreensaver_5.10-6_i386.deb
  to main/x/xscreensaver/xscreensaver_5.10-6_i386.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 357297@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org> (supplier of updated xscreensaver package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:17:34 -0430
Source: xscreensaver
Binary: xscreensaver xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod
Architecture: source i386
Version: 5.10-6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org>
Changed-By: Jose Luis Rivas <ghostbar@debian.org>
Description: 
 xscreensaver - Automatic screensaver for X
 xscreensaver-data - data files to be shared among screensaver frontends
 xscreensaver-data-extra - data files to be shared among screensaver frontends
 xscreensaver-gl - GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver
 xscreensaver-gl-extra - GL(Mesa) screen hacks for xscreensaver
 xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod - BSOD hack from XScreenSaver
 xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage - Webcollage hack from XScreenSaver
Closes: 357297
Changes: 
 xscreensaver (5.10-6) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Removing autostart from xdg, is now on /usr/share so user can copy it if
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Message #70 received at 357297@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Pierre Ynard <linkfanel@yahoo.fr>

To: 357297@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: This new behaviour is really annoying and really should be totally reverted as a horrible idea.

Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:41:42 +0100

> So, I think autostarting xscreensaver is just wrong and must be
> reverted asap. Users that use xscreensaver are probably advanced
> enough to know how to make xscreensaver autostart.

I am an xscreensaver user and I didn't know anything about autostart
this morning. I was pretty annoyed to realize that the last upgrade
broke my screensaver without notice, and caused my session not to lock
when I asked it to etc.

Also, here in gnome there is a dialog in System > Preferences > Startup
applications, which allows to configure autostart I'm founding out, if
I understand correctly? If you don't want xscreensaver to start, just
untick the box.

So I find pretty spurious your claims about my being better off without
autostart. Thankfully by now I learned to check README.Debian files,
and I found instructions to fix it by myself, but it would be great if
it could work out of the box for any clueless user. Perhaps a debconf
dialog could help?

Regards,

-- 
Pierre Ynard
"Une âme dans un corps, c'est comme un dessin sur une feuille de papier."

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