Re: [Usability] gnome-screensaver configuration (or lack therof)

["Elijah Newren" <newren gmail com>]

On 9/30/06, Scott <geekboy angrykeyboarder com> wrote:
<snip>
> A bug was filed over a year ago (
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316654 ).  The author of
> gnome-screensaver responded with:
>
>         "I don't have any plans to support this.  My view is that any
> screensaver theme that requires configuration is inherently broken."
>
> BROKEN? So then most all screensavers on all operating systems going
> back 20 years have been "broken".
>
> The gnome-screensaver author, in h is infinite wisdom figured this out
> and "fixed it" in GNOME.

You are more than welcome to write your own or fork gnome-screensaver.
The GPL is designed to allow those who disagree with the direction of
a project to take it a new direction.

My $0.02,
Elijah