This feature appears to be added because the author was getting tired of bug reports for already fixes bugs, the following is on top of the function that checks if it is too old:
> Getting very tired of bug reports of already-fixed bugs due to > Linux distros shipping multi-year-old versions. So basically the problems have shifted from the author to the packagers/maintainers of distros. To me, that sounds like a pretty terrible idea. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xscreensaver in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1406825 Title: xscreensaver complains "This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!" Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Confirmed Status in xscreensaver package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Early minutes of year 2015 and the xscreensaver complains that "This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!" in this dialog: http://i.imgur.com/VUCQfun.png?1 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: xscreensaver 5.26-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.38-lowlatency 3.16.7-ckt1 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Jan 1 00:44:38 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-11-13 (1144 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) SourcePackage: xscreensaver UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (67 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1406825/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
