#878379 xscreensaver-screensaver-webcollage: Please provide a means to set safe seach levels for those image search mehods that support it. #878379
- 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
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.
Absolutely not. That is completely antithetical to the purpose of the webcollage screen saver.
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.
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