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Bug#681619: marked as done ([kscreensaver] Unclear/confusing descriptions)

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Package: kscreensaver
Version: 4:4.8.4-2
Severity: normal
The descriptions of kscreensaver, kscreensaver-xsavers and libkscreensaver need to be revisited to clarify and avoid confusion. We currently have: 


libkscreensaver: library of the KDE Screensaver system

This package contains libraries needed for kscreensaver.

This package is part of the KDE base workspace module.


kscreensaver: Additional screensavers for KScreenSaver

This package contains screensavers for KScreenSaver.

KScreenSaver can use XScreenSaver collection of screensavers with the
'kscreensaver-xsavers' package.

This package is part of the KDE artwork module.


kscreensaver-xsavers: xscreensaver support for KScreenSaver

This package allows KScreenSaver to use the XScreenSaver collection of
screensavers.

This package is part of the KDE artwork module.
The main problem is that the meaning of "KScreenSaver" is unclear. One could think that KScreenSaver is provided by the kscreensaver package and that kscreensaver's description would describe KScreenSaver. But this is not the case. The kscreensaver package's short description is "Additional screensavers for KScreenSaver". Therefore, the kscreensaver package clearly doesn't contain KScreenSaver. Unfortunately, I can't say what KScreenSaver is. Is KScreenSaver provided by some package? All I can say is that at one point there was a kscreensaver command (/usr/bin/kscreensaver), which, I believe, would launch KControl's screensaver module. This is no longer the case.
One option, which I think is a good choice, would be to remove any reference to KScreenSaver, at least for kscreensaver{,-xsavers}. Whatever KScreenSaver is, it doesn't seem to have any screensaver by default, so the description "Additional screensavers for KScreenSaver" seems broken. "Screensavers for KDE" would probably be better. 

While we're at it, I wonder if "kscreensaver" is a good package name.

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