Your message dated Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:34:51 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#819703: fixed in xscreensaver 5.34-2 has caused the Debian Bug report #819703, regarding xscreensaver: please disable "This version of XScreenSaver is very old! Please upgrade!" message to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: xscreensaver Version: 5.34-1 Severity: normal Tags: upstream patch Dear Maintainer, In the lock screen, XScreenSaver displays the following message in bold font: This version of XScreenSaver is very old! Please upgrade! There is a similar warning when opening the "Screensaver" command from the XFCE Applications Menu: _("Warning:\n\n" "This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!\n" "Please upgrade!\n" "\n" "http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/\n"; "\n" "(If this is the latest version that your distro ships, then\n" "your distro is doing you a disservice. Build from source.)\n" ), Please disable these warnings. A proposed (untested) patch attached. I know that the author has placed a Big Fat Warning in senescent_p() asking distro maintainers not to remove those warnings. However, as a user I find these warnings rude and obnoxious, and I wish my computer not to be obnoxious to me. Therefore, I ask that you disable the recency check, notwithstanding the author's request. The author's wishes that users not bother him with bugs about old versions of the software can surely be addressed without unavoidable dialogs in *bold* or ALL CAPS presented _every time a user unlocks her screensaver_, as well as every time a user tries to configure her screensaver. I can think of at least two ways off the top of my head¹, that don't involve discrediting xscreensaver's downstreams or shouting at users. Thank you. Daniel ¹ - include the release date, advice to upgrade, and a statement that upstream won't accept bug reports, all rendered in the typical running text font, wherever the version number is displayed; or - route users' bug reports to upstream through a web page that explains the issue; or - route users' bug reports to upstream through a web form that has a "Version number:" field and gives the "Out of date" error if the user filled in an old version number. P.S. I'm reporting this against the version in stable/jessie, but as far as I can tell, the problem still exists in git revision debian/5.33-1-4-gff0d1d4.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.
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--- Begin Message ---Source: xscreensaver Source-Version: 5.34-2 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of xscreensaver, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Tormod Volden <[email protected]> (supplier of updated xscreensaver package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2016 22:53:13 +0200 Source: xscreensaver Binary: xscreensaver xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-data-extra xscreensaver-gl xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage xscreensaver-screensaver-bsod Architecture: source amd64 Version: 5.34-2 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Tormod Volden <[email protected]> Changed-By: Tormod Volden <[email protected]> Description: xscreensaver - Screensaver daemon and frontend for X11 xscreensaver-data - Screen saver modules for screensaver frontends xscreensaver-data-extra - Extra screen saver modules for screensaver frontends xscreensaver-gl - 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