Sunday, April 21, 2013

gnome-screensaver

Reading up on gnome-screensaver this evening, as I upgrade from Debian Squeeze to Wheezy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome-screensaver

Tag 2.91.91 removed the cosmos images on 2011-03-08:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=2.91.91

The commit to remove the Cosmos screensaver images, from 2011-03-06:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/commit/?id=897dc79ba04b3cfb49b93f6bd03fa2ce59a274b7

Squeeze: gnome-screensaver 2.30.0-2squeeze1
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/i386/gnome-screensaver/filelist

Wheezy: gnome-screensaver 3.4.1-1
http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/i386/gnome-screensaver/filelist

I had an "ah ha" moment while reading the description of why the gnome-screensavers chose the route they did to remove the Cosmos screensaver. At first, I think I reacted as many did--with surprise and indignation. However, their argument seems reasonable and they seem very open to explaining their actions.

I must say, however--playing with all the xscreensaver options brought some nostalgic joy to my heart this evening. : o ) I'm going to go ahead and salvage the old Cosmos screen saver images for xscreensaver, instead:

  1. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/blue-marble-west.jpg?id=2.91.90
  2. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/cloud.jpg?id=2.91.90
  3. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/comet.jpg?id=2.91.90
  4. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/earth-horizon.jpg?id=2.91.90
  5. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/galaxy-ngc3370.jpg?id=2.91.90
  6. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/helix-nebula.jpg?id=2.91.90
  7. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/jupiter.jpg?id=2.91.90
  8. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/sombrero.jpg?id=2.91.90
  9. https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screensaver/plain/data/images/cosmos/whirlpool.jpg?id=2.91.90

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