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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Screensaver port ('The Matrix')
From:       "Martin R. Jones" <mjones () powerup ! com ! au>
Date:       2000-03-18 6:18:11
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Stephan Kulow wrote:
> 
> Thorsten Westheider wrote:
> >
> > Stephan Kulow wrote:
> >
> > > > > Well, I did the port once long time ago (like 6-7 months) and I even
> > > > > commited it. But then it turned out people didn't want it there. Reason?
> > > > > Thanks to Martin Jones, KDE-2 supports excellently the native jwz (and
> > > > > collab) screensaver hacks. So, it's just a matter of getting the original
> > > > > installed.
> > > >
> > > > Oops? Already committed it, hoping it does not hit a nerve...
> > > >
> > > Well, in fact it does. Feel free to write to jwz ;)
> > > What is the benefit of doubling code if installing xscreensaver gives you
> > > even more?
> >
> > Uh, come on Stefan, what's KDE specific on the screen savers
> > that are already in the repository? I've seen most of them
> > when I was running fvwm quite some time ago (and some are still
> > as ugly as they were then)...
> 
> Yes, that's true. We should remove even more instead of doubling even
> more.

I have plans to remove all ported screensavers that have
no additional features compared to the originals.  The
screensavers I would like to remove are:

attraction
bat
bsod
bouboule
flame
forest
laser
lissie
pyro
rock
swarm

None of these screensavers has any extra features, and there's
no point maintaining them when they're better maintained elsewhere.
I also wouldn't consider any of them so cool that a default
KDE should include them (I think matrix may be cool enough
though :-)

-- 
Martin Jones
mjones@powerup.com.au
mjones@kde.org

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