[Bug 775369] Re: Update manager removes xscreensaver and replaces with gnome-screensaver

[era]

Thanks for the link, I was vaguely familiar with the criticisms against
gnome-screensaver but it's good to have a reference here.

It's probably moot to argue (in this bug) about whether or not ubuntu-
desktop should or should not depend on gnome-screensaver, but the fact
that you successfully replaced it, and it reverted your preference when
you upgraded, is a bug.  I'm not sure where it should be properly filed
so I'm leaving both tasks open.

(I originally created a second task because there doesn't seem to be a
way in Launchpad to reassign from a non-Ubuntu project to a package
within the Ubuntu project.  Maybe there is a way but if so, I could not
discover it.)

For completeness, could you still confirm whether the upgrade actually
removed the xscreensaver package from your system, or just replaced your
preferences to use gnome-screensaver but left xscreensaver (nominally)
installed on your system?  The former would be a bug in its own right,
but I suspect the case here is the latter.

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Title:
  Update manager removes xscreensaver and replaces with gnome-
  screensaver

Status in Update Manager:
  New
Status in “ubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When upgrading releases, the update manager removes xscreensaver,
  which works, and replaces it with gnome-screensaver, which does not
  work. Since the upstream maintainer of gnome-screensaver will never
  make it work correctly, xscreensaver is required for complete
  functionality. Why does update-manger remove the functional
  screensaver and replace it with a non-functional package? This is a
  minor bug, since once the upgrade is complete, gnome-screensaver can
  be removed and xscreensaver re-installed, but it is an annoyance.