[Portland-bugs] [Bug 42776] New: xdg-screensaver could be simplified

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42776

             Bug #: 42776
           Summary: xdg-screensaver could be simplified
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Portland
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: xdg-utils
        AssignedTo: portland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: tanguy+freedesktop at ortolo.eu


Hello.

xdg-screensaver has a code which seems needlessly complicated: it tries to
detect the descktop environment, then if it has failed try to detect a specific
screensaver. This may even be inaccurate since there might be cases where
someone runs a GNOME desktop but uses xscreensaver because it has more
features, for instance.

Since xdg-screensaver only deals with the screensaver, I do not think it should
care about the desktop environment. In fact I see no need to try to detect it:
the code could be simplified by only having functions to detect and to interact
with the screensaver.

If you want I can try and adapt the code for that. It would be a rather heavy
change but I believe it would really simplify future maintenance. Make it more
straight-forward, in a way.

Regards,

-- 
Tanguy Ortolo

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