Hi All,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Lionel Le Folgoc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mrpouit@ubuntu.com">mrpouit@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi folks,<br>
<br>
Since karmic, gnome-screensaver heavily relies on gnome-session (for<br>
example to get the inactivity time). Therefore, it won't automatically<br>
activate on Xfce. Xubuntu 9.10 has been released with this bug [1]; I<br>
would like to avoid releasing lucid with the same broken feature.<br>
<br>
Here are some possible alternatives:<br>
(1) patch gnome-screensaver to restore the old behavior;<br>
(2) switch to xscreensaver by default;<br>
(3) develop another Xfce-oriented screensaver;<br>
(4) do nothing.<br>
<br>
IMHO, (1) isn't going to happen: upstream won't change it back, I don't<br>
have time to patch gnome-screensaver nor to waste time to try to<br>
convince some people of the desktop team to apply it (but if you have,<br>
please step up)…<br>
<br>
(3) looks sexy, but is a bit unwise wrt to security matters.<br>
Screensavers are usually used to lock screens, so are sensitive pieces<br>
of software. I'm not sure it'll be ready (and secure enough) for lucid…<br>
<br>
(2) xscreensaver isn't really pretty, but works fine. At the moment, I<br>
don't know if it can be manually customized by the artwork team, any<br>
hints? (there is already [2] to track this)<br>
<br>
(4) isn't really an option. If nothing has been achieved or no decision<br>
has been made before the UserInterfaceFreeze (March 4th, one week before<br>
the first beta), I think I'll set xscreensaver by default (2), because<br>
we can't release lucid as broken as karmic.<br>
<br>
<br>
These are some quick thoughts. If you think I've missed an obvious<br>
alternative, have better ideas or have already started to work on<br>
something, feel free to react.<br>
<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I was slightly confused with the listing of 1,2,3,4 in the start of this post, and then the points referenced as 1,3,2,4. :-)</div><div><br></div><div>That being said, I have no beefs with xscreensaver in Xubuntu if there are no technical issues with it. I actually prefer some of the additional features it has over gnome-screensaver.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Jim</div></div>