In his world developers don't do that, they throw a pile of source files into the wind and let package maintainers put it together for a distribution.
_("Warning:\n\n" "This version of xscreensaver is VERY OLD!\n" "Please upgrade!\n" "\n" "http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/\n" "\n" "(If this is the latest version that your distro ships, then\n" "your distro is doing you a disservice. Build from source.)\n" ),
YES, THAT WHAT USERS WOULD SEE, if only Debian maintainer haven't removed this patch.
jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/
Thus distros have to work around that by freezing lib versions and any software depending on said lib version for the support period of the distro release (5-10 years).
What is "funny" is that Debian here is doing no different from what RH had been doing with RHEL for ages, yet Debian gets all the flak...
Never mind that xscreensaver has a very prominent splash screen with JWZ's email on it on every launch. Maybe if he didn't want every idiot on the net emailing him, he should not show it in their face all the time. He may be brilliant in some ways, but sometimes he can be an raging asshole.
Hell, sometimes i wonder why he keeps supporting Linux as he seems to have no love for anything but Apple these days.
If you want to view the jwz.org link, copy the URL, and open it in Incognito.
