Re: gnome-screensaver 0.0.2

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Christian said:

> > > > > 
> > > > > This new version splits out the lock dialog to run as a subprocess, adds 
> > > > > user switching via GDM, and removes the GTK+ dependency from all but the 
> > > > > separate lock dialog.  It still depends on a fairly small amount of GDK.
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://acs.pha.jhu.edu/~mccannwj/GNOME/gnome-screensaver-0.0.2.tar.gz
> > > > > 
> > > > > Does anyone think this is interesting enough to import into CVS or worth 
> > > > > continuing?
> >
> > > I was wondering, what's the current state of this tool?
> > > I tried it out quickly, and the screenies[1] rock  :) 
> > >
> > > What's the TODO list, and will you push it to GNOME CVS?
>
>
> Yes please; GNOME desperately needs a localizable/translateable screen
> locking dialog, and it needs to be in GNOME CVS in order for GNOME
> translators to be able to work on it.
>
> Jon, is there anything we can do to help you import it?
>
>
> Christian

This dialog is still totally inaccessible, which was one of the sore points about xscreensaver and one of the motivations for creating a separate front-end.

So before we adopt it, I urge that we forge a plan to make it accessible; this would of course require adding at least an ATK dependency. 

best regards,

- Bill