Bug#1034607: xfce4-screensaver vs light-locker

[Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>]

Control: reassign -1 xfce4-session


Hi,

Donald Broatch <donaldbroatch@googlemail.com> wrote (Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:22:14 +0100):
> xfce4-session recommends light-locker, but also xfce4-screensaver:
> 
> rec: light-locker
>     simple screen locker for lightDM display manager 
> or xfce4-screensaver
>     screen saver and locker that is integrated with the xfce4 desktop 
> or xscreensaver
>     Screensaver daemon and frontend for X11 
> or mate-screensaver
>     MATE screen saver and locker 
> 
> Would it cause light-locker to be installed if task-xfce-desktop is no
> longer pulling light-locker?

I already identified xfce4-session being the reason possibly, and just tested 
this on freshly installed sid with a console-only installation (without any
desktop):
installing xfce4-session there pulls in light-locker.
So this issue needs to be fixed in xfce4-session now.
Reassigning.


Holger

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