Why does every distribution upgrade remove xscreensaver?

[Barry Premeaux]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22 May 2013 21:04, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > I can't be certain but I seem to remember that there is an issue with
> > compatibility with gnome-screensaver, which is installed by default.
> > Does installing xscreensaver uninstall the gnome one?  If so then
> > perhaps it is not possibly to keep it installed over an upgrade.
> > Something like that anyway.
>
> When I upgraded my laptop from 12.10 to 13.04, xscreensaver was listed as
still installed and it was still in the startup applications list.  Could
not find it in the applications listings, so started it from the command
line.  It ran as it should and have not had a problem since.

When I did the same upgrade to the desktop, Synaptic said it was
installed.  Went to the command line to run it as I had done with the
laptop, but it did not execute.  Tried a second time and was prompted with
'Do you want to install this program?'  I went ahead and installed it and
ran it without a problem. Now it functions as it should.  Didn't look to
see if gnome-screensaver was re-installed during the upgrade since I was
back up and running again.

Obviously, a screensaver isn't high on the list of things to take care of
during an upgrade, but overall it went very smooth.  Only a few other minor
issues to take care of.  Gramps had to be reinstalled on one machine, while
it wasn't an issue on the other.  It was definitely a lot better than some
previous upgrades.

Barry
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