On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 09:28:21 -0430 Jose Luis Rivas <josel...@rivco.net> wrote:
> > Plus, is the intended behavior, the package was made on that sense, > that's what the screensaver is supposed to do. So it's not a bug but a > feature! Just because I think the issue of what consistutes intended behaviours is an issue: The intended behaviour of xscreensaver-data-extra is to provide additional screensaver hacks for *user* enjoyment. The goal of the hack is to amuse the *user*, and as such BSOD is makes the package buggy because it frequently causes the user to experience anguish instead of enjoyment. Sure it's amusing if you are expecting it, but when a user who doesn't know that there is a screen hack that pretends to be completely broken computer takes a break from something important, comes back, and sees a crash, they're not *enjoying* the experience. Another point of what a *package* is supposed to do, is that it is supposed to be generally usable without having to vet every options of every screen of the package. That would defeat the point of using packages and and distribution over a micromanaged LFS or Gentoo system. If I have to go over every package, in detail, to be sure that the maintainer hasn't got a landmine in the package for my users, I haven't gained much by using a prepackaged distribution like Debian. Debian isn't just for developers. Regards, Daniel -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org The C Shore (Daniel Dickinson's Website) http://cshore.is-a-geek.com
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