#878379 xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage: Please provide a means to set safe seach levels for those image search mehods that support it.

Package:
xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage
Source:
xscreensaver
Description:
Webcollage screen saver module from XScreenSaver
Submitter:
David Essam
Date:
2017-12-03 22:48:06 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#878379#5
Date:
2017-10-13 09:44:40 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

   * What led up to the situation?

I installed the package,selected and configured the software.

   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

I read the documentation, skimmed the source, and was surprised that no such options
existed even to be passed as command-line parameters.

   * What was the outcome of this action?

A "Wishlist" category bugreport.

#878379#10
Date:
2017-10-13 11:19:14 UTC
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Absolutely not. That is completely antithetical to the purpose of the webcollage screen saver.
#878379#15
Date:
2017-10-13 13:43:17 UTC
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Fair enough, I expect Debian's maintainer will mark this won't fix in due course, out of respect for your

position.  I fear there's already sufficient tension between yourself and Debian in general.  It was only a suggestion

to maybe make the default output fall in line with the default of the major search providers, who have this enabled

by default with turning it off optional.

#878379#20
Date:
2017-12-03 22:45:34 UTC
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Hi,
Thanks for the suggestion. It's legitimate wish, but nothing I will
look into unless someone sends a patch. I also share upstream opinion
on this to a large degree, and people can refrain from installing
webcollage if they are afraid of what internet can come up with.
Personally I am skeptical to the judgment of $SEARCHENGINE to what is
considered offending, politically incorrect or just unpleasant and
easiest censored away, and I always turn off those filters as much as
I can.

Regards,
Tormod