[7279] in SIPB bug reports
Re: sipb locker discussion - rename/replace xscreensaver?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Winship)
Thu May 20 19:02:42 1999
To: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
Cc: yandros@MIT.EDU, bug-sipb@MIT.EDU, ghudson@MIT.EDU, jik@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 May 1999 18:53:27 EDT."
<199905202253.SAA11782@bobbi-harlow.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 19:01:16 -0400
From: Dan Winship <danw@MIT.EDU>
> I think it's a bad idea, at least at this juncture.
> "xscreensaver" is still very much identified with jik's xscreensaver
> around MIT. "xss" is also a lot easier and more convenient to type.
>
> I think it is wise for Athena to install xscreensaver as "xss".
Yeah, I think if we were going to rename SIPB's xscreensaver, we'd
want to do it like:
1) Rename xscreensaver and put a wrapper script informing people
of the change
2) Wait an appropriate length of time
3) Release 8.3 with jwz's screen saver as "xscreensaver" and make
the sipb "xscreensaver" script go away
The problem is that there are probably already people who either have
left for the summer or won't log in on a workstation again before
leaving for the summer, and therefore who wouldn't get the
notification about the xscreensaver rename before 8.3 went public.
-- Dan
