Control: found -1 5.30-1+deb8u1
Control: notfound -1 5.34-1
Axel Beckert wrote on Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 09:54:39 +0200:
> Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > P.S. I'm reporting this against the version in stable/jessie,
>
> Sorry, you didn't. I've added the version (initially) in Jessie now.
Good catch, thank you. I observed the prompts in the jessie-security
version but did not test the sid version; metadata updated accordingly.
> > diff --git a/driver/prefs.c b/driver/prefs.c
> > index 55bac7b..f9f96c3 100644
> > --- a/driver/prefs.c
> > +++ b/driver/prefs.c
> > @@ -1663,6 +1663,8 @@ stop_the_insanity (saver_preferences *p)
> > Bool
> > senescent_p (void)
> > {
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > /* If you are in here because you're planning on disabling this warning
> > before redistributing my software, please don't.
>
> That doesn't fix the XFCE menu warning, too, right?
For future reference, this patch eliminates both of the prompts the
original report mentions. (senescent_p() must return true for any of
the warnings to be displayed.)
To clarify: I'm simply stating a technical fact about the patch; I'm not
advocating one way or the other regarding whether the package should be
removed from stretch, since that's a political issue, as opposed
a technical one. (jwz: the package cannot be removed from jessie and
earlier; it can only be removed from stretch and later.)
That said, for what it's worth, I think it would be unfortunate if the
package is removed from stretch: I run stable, it's a tradeoff
I consciously made, and there is no reason for me to be barred from
using software written by people who use their computers differently
than I do.
Cheers,
Daniel
(I wonder if I would be able to continue using unicode-screensaver under
light-locker, should xscreensaver be removed...)
