[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 4448] Xflock4 should not just assume xlock is installed

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http://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4448





--- Comment #10 from Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac at debian.org>  2008-10-05 15:53:09 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> I hope you're joking.  

No I'm not. And I'm not interested in trolls on bug reports either.

> xflock4 comes with Xfce, so users expect it to work and
> not to break. 

Sure

> They expect to have locking functionality or at least to be
> given instructions on how to get what they want.

Well, Xfce doesn't provide any locking capability by itself, they rely on
something else. If the user uses a distribition, it's the packager role to
provide the correct locking stuff. If using tarballs, installer or svn, I guess
$user is able to find the required info by himself.

I'm not against warning the user, I just don't think it's a good idea in that
case. Document that xflock4 needs (obviously) a locking utility, document what
it needs (*screensaver, xlockmore). But don't bother him.

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