Package: xscreensaver
Version: 5.30-1+deb8u1
Severity: important
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There is no annoing popup after boot any more. ( thanks for that, dear
debian package maintainers ! ).
However when one unlocks the screen, a message "This version is very
old, please upgrade" is still displayed.
On top when entering the related configuration-GUI from the xfce
start-menu, there is another popup:
[quote]
Warning:
This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!
Please upgrade!
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
(If this is the latest version that your distro ships, then your distro
is doing you a disservice. Build from source.)
[/quote]
Same for gnome / kde / etc. ?
These notifications are not as annoying as the popup after boot, however
they still damage the debian reputation:
- It is no good idea to encourage users to install software from 3rd
party sources, like jwz.org
- VERY OLD is true for each debain-release after a while, VERY STABLE as
well would be correct. No need to capslock, or mention it at all.
- Why to upgrade? Security issues get backported in debain. I DONT want
any new features !
- My distro did a very good service so far. Upstream is doing the
disservice here.
.. but what am I writing, all the arguments already are known & listed
in #918703
So I would suggest to delete the related code at least for testing/unstable.
--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64
Debian Release: 8.4
500 trusty ppa.launchpad.net
500 stable-updates ftp.de.debian.org
500 stable security.debian.org
500 stable ftp.de.debian.org
--- Package information. ---
Depends (Version) | Installed
====================================-+-==============
libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4) |
libc6 (>= 2.7) |
libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4) |
libfontconfig1 (>= 2.9.0) |
libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1) |
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0) |
libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.6.1) |
libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0) |
libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0) |
libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0) |
libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1) |
libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0) |
libsm6 |
libx11-6 |
libxext6 |
libxi6 |
libxinerama1 |
libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) |
libxmu6 |
libxpm4 |
libxrandr2 (>= 2:1.2.0) |
libxrender1 |
libxt6 |
libxxf86vm1 |
xscreensaver-data |
Recommends (Version) | Installed
============================-+-===========
libjpeg-progs | 8d-1+deb7u1
perl5 |
miscfiles |
OR wordlist |
Suggests (Version) | Installed
==============================-+-===========
xfishtank |
xdaliclock |
xscreensaver-gl |
fortune |
www-browser |
qcam |
OR streamer |
gdm3 |
OR kdm-gdmcompat |
