Hi Here is a brief discussion surrounding xfce4-screensaver from 2018-10-17 on #debian-xfce on freenode:
""" 08:55 < highvoltage> hey, I don't have access to create a new repository, can someone please create a new repo for me on salsa under xfce-team for xfce-screensaver? 08:56 < Unit193> xfce4-screensaver* 09:07 < Unit193> highvoltage: Have something pushed somewhere yet? 09:14 < highvoltage> Unit193: not yet, busy with initial packaging and testing right now 10:14 < Corsac> highvoltage: not sure we agreed about packaging it, actually 10:21 < highvoltage> Corsac: I should probably have mentioned in the ITP that I intend to upload it to experimental only for now, sounds reasonable? 10:26 < highvoltage> (otherwise let me know if it shouldn't be team-maintained and I'll keep it in my personal salsa namespace instead) 10:26 < Unit193> If it shouldn't be team maintained, you can still put it in -extras 10:47 < Corsac> highvoltage: since it's an Xfce project I'd like it discussed with the Xfce team 10:48 < Corsac> highvoltage: having randomly maintained Xfce-related packages outside of xfce-team umbrella doesn't really like acceptable to me 10:48 < Corsac> and screensavers have specific security issues and we really need to pay attention 10:49 < Corsac> also we already have light-locker 10:49 < Corsac> while it may have some problems, rewriting again a screensaver from scratch doesn't really look appealing 10:49 < Unit193> Which seems buggy as all get out, I still use xscreensaver because it's far better. 10:50 < Unit193> Corsac: mate-screensaver fork, fwiw. Not quite scratch, just stripped down. 10:50 < Corsac> if LL is not deemed acceptable, then maybe we should ditch it, but that doesn't mean we need yet another screensaver 10:50 < Corsac> considering xscreensaver upstream hostility, I'm vetoing its use in Xfce default installs 10:50 < Corsac> but there are other lockers already in Debian 10:51 < Corsac> in any case, I don't have time right now to have this discussion, but we need to have it 10:51 < Corsac> maybe on the mailing list 10:52 < Unit193> I'd also be interested in what "Xfce-related packages outside of xfce-team umbrella doesn't really like acceptable to me" precisely means, since I think I may already be doing that. :/ 10:55 < Unit193> (Also I entirely understand about xscreensaver, wasn't really proposing it. It's just the least bad option for me personally.) 10:58 < highvoltage> Corsac: acknowledged (re: needing discussion) """ So as far as I understand the issues from Corsac: * xfce4-screensaver isn't a product of the upstream xfce team * there's a concern about maintaining a security sensitive package in the xfce-team, especially considering that there is already light locker In intend to support xfce in some environments where Gnome has proven to heavy, and in my testing, light-locker has been either buggy or caused confusion. I intend to use it in my deployments instead of light-locker. Ideally, I would want to have this piece of software in Debian. If the debian-xfce team do not want this package team-maintained, I can completely understand that. In that case I'll go ahead and maintain it under the collaborative debian namespace on salsa. Thanks, -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <jcc> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer - https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Be Bold. Be brave. Debian has got your back.
