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Update XScreenSaver from 5.35 to 5.36 #167

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@pmenzel pmenzel commented Oct 24, 2016

Tested on keineahnung.

XScreenSaver 5.36 was released on October 11th, 2016 [1].

> XScreenSaver 5.36 is out now!
>
> Five new hacks this time, all by me: discoball, cubetwist, cubestack,
> splodesic and hexstrut. Plus some other stuff.
>
> (You can always tell that my business is in a disastrous,
> sphincter-puckering freefall when I start spending a lot of time writing
> screen savers to distract myself from it. Hooray.)
>
> Anyway, I'm particularly fond of how splodesic came out. It's blows up
> very soothingly and the colors are nice.
>
> Fun fact: discoball was inspired by one very particular broke-ass, dusty
> disco ball at a local concert venue, which I have been staring up at a
> few times a month for many years. See if you can guess which. I'm not a
> fan of disco balls. I think they are the world's cheesiest lighting
> instrument, just a step up from christmas tree lights stuffed in a
> plastic bag. Consider this saver to be my editorial on that topic.
>
> The iOS and Android versions are out now too.
>
> If you're an Android developer, we could use your help sanding down the
> remaining rough edges on that port. The android/README contains a todo
> list.

[1] https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/10/xscreensaver-5-36/
@donald donald merged commit 3fab69f into master Oct 24, 2016
@donald donald deleted the update-xscreensaver-from-5.35-to-5.36 branch October 24, 2016 19:25
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donald commented Nov 24, 2016

I'll install not on distmaster :-)

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pmenzel commented Nov 24, 2016

Did you mean now instead of not?

deinemuddah:~> sudo bee list xscreensaver
xscreensaver-5.36-0.x86_64

I guess you did.

geniux:~> sudo bee list xscreensaver
xscreensaver-5.35-0.x86_64

Thank you and sorry for forgetting it.

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donald commented Nov 24, 2016

My amazing typing skills. :-)

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