Package: xscreensaver Version: 4.21-3 Severity: important The main kde package 'kde' depends on xscreensaver. Now, if I understand this issue correctly, KDE has its own "randomization engine" for screensavers. This makes it ignore xscreensavers settings for what screensavers should be included in 'random screensaver' and instead randomize over all installed screensavers (at least that is how it seems to work per default). I *think* KDE's default setting for new users is to randomize screensavers; but even if it isn't, it is very easy for an experimenting user to flip this setting on, unaware of the 'risks' of running the web collage screensaver.
Result: without any deliberate action, a user running on a "default" debian install of KDE runs the risk of suddenly showing pornographic images on the screen (fetched and shown by the 'web collage' screensaver). I have seen this happen. While 'web collage' is a truly original screensaver based on a fun idea, the thing is, there are workplace environments where this could potentially get people fired or sued. Hence, I think it is resonable to try to avoid any accidental activation. Just like there is a fortune-off package for potentially offending fortunes, I suggest moving 'web collage' to a separate package 'xscreensaver-off'. However, if the maintainer feels this is not an xscreensaver problem, but rather an issue with kde's random screensaver option, feel free to forward this bug report to the kde maintainers. Also, just as a side note: another reason to avoid 'web collage' to be activated unintentionally is that it is a significantly higher security risk than any of the other screensavers, in that it might pull an image from the web that exploits a buffer overflow in the picture library. //Rickard -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27-2-686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages xscreensaver depends on: ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libglade2-0 1:2.4.2-2 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.4-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.4-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libpam0g 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules l ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxml2 2.6.16-7 GNOME XML library ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxpm4 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X pixmap library ii libxrandr2 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Resize, Rotate and ii libxrender1 0.8.3-7 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
