On sam., 2016-06-18 at 07:25 +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Xfce people, could you please bring some input on that issue?
Sure. > > TIA > > Quoting Leo L. Schwab (ew...@ewhac.org): > > Package: task-xfce-desktop > > Version: 3.35 > > Severity: normal > > > > Dear Maintainer, > > > > task-xfce-desktop has grown a dependency on the package > > light-locker, which is billed as a lightweight alternative to > > xscreensaver. > > I suspect this is to track a similar change in xfce4-session, which > > recently > > also added a dependency for light-locker. Indeed, we replaced xscreensaver by light-locker. > > > > However, xfce4-session only Recommends light-locker; it does not > > Depends on it. light-locker at the moment doesn't seem to play well with > > xscreensaver, Well, obviously, they have the same role, they can't run both at one. > > and is something of a nuisance. For those of us who prefer > > xscreensaver, light-locker gets in the way. Then you can just remove light-locker (that's why it's only a Recommends in xfce4-session, and not a Depends). > > > > I suggest that task-xfce-desktop reduce the dependency on > > light-locker from Depends to Recommends. task-xfce-desktop is for installation time, so here Depends is correct. We want light-locker by default, but people are free to remove it afterwards if they know what they do. Regards, -- Yves-Alexis
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