If it's just a matter of fixing a DBus in VLC, then Ubuntu VLC could just invoke dbus-send via system(). Obviously, that wouldn't work for other packages.
And by the way, xdg-screensaver will need to be fixed too, because VLC 1.1 will probably use that. But again, I would not to blame GNOME too much here. Tracking which applications is inhibiting the screen saver makes sense. And if Ubuntu GNOME keeps the old API for backward compatibility, there will never be any incentive for dependent application to fix their code... So of course, the most up-to-date distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora are bound to be hit. If you want to suffer from bleeding edge stuff, you should use Ubuntu LTS or Debian stable really. But of course you will have old stuff with fewer features; it's a trade-off. -- gnome-screensaver-command --poke no longer inhibits screensaver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/428884 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
