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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/06/2016 03:12 PM, Weedy wrote:<br>
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On 6 Jun 2016 17:48, "Charlie Kravetz" <<a
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wrote:<br>
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> On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 12:26:25 -0700<br>
> ToddAndMargo <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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wrote:<br>
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> >Hi All,<br>
> ><br>
> >EPEL's Xfce 4.12 upgrade came through on Scientific
Linux 7.2 yesterday.<br>
> >Yippee!<br>
> ><br>
> >Screensaver is not missing from the Applications -->
Settings menu.<br>
> >Do I need to reinstall xscreensaver or some other
substitute?<br>
> ><br>
> >Many thanks,<br>
> >-T<br>
> ><br>
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> Many distros have begun removing xscreensaver at the
request of the<br>
> developer. He would prefer no one modify his software in
any way,<br>
> leaving no choice but to not include it. You may be able to
reinstall<br>
> from the repositories. When Debian Sid moves to testing,
xscreensaver<br>
> won't even be in the repositories.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/">https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">He added a warning to outdated versions that users
would see. And a plea to maintainers in the source.</p>
<p dir="ltr">He's tired of having his time wasted with bug reports
from versions 2+years old.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Which is arguable fair. If I cared enough I would go
find the Debian bug and find out why testing doesn't have a
recent version.</p>
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Which begs the issue. xscreensaver is installed and working. It is
only missing<br>
from the settings menu<br>
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