Bug 31318

Summary:	enhancement request: please consider adding xsnow to Mageia
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Paul Blackburn <paul.blackburn>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal
Version:	8
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description Paul Blackburn 2022-12-24 14:05:12 CET

Description of problem: xsnow missing in Mageia
Please consider adding xsnow to Mageia.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

https://www.ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/xsnow/

How reproducible:


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Comment 1 sturmvogel 2022-12-24 15:07:10 CET

Closing as WONTFIX.

Due to the really high workload to all of our packagers, please consider to file only meaningful package requests with a real sense and advantages.

"Xsnow is an application that animates snowfall, Santa and some scenery on your desktop. It is NOT a kind of screen saver: snow is falling, Santa rides his sleigh with reindeer while you are using your system."

Really?

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX

Comment 2 Paul Blackburn 2022-12-24 19:13:30 CET

We used to have xsnow in Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia. Not sure when it disappeared.
The few other distros I checked have it.

Bah humbug, eh?

Comment 3 sturmvogel 2022-12-24 19:18:40 CET

David Geiger imported it into cauldron even if you failed to file a proper package request.
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_report_a_bug_properly#How_to_file_a_package_request

Comment 4 sturmvogel 2022-12-24 19:22:08 CET

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Resolution: WONTFIX => FIXED

Comment 5 Lewis Smith 2022-12-24 22:01:44 CET

(In reply to Paul Blackburn from comment #2)
> The few other distros I checked have it.
Seems reasonable to ask for it, then; perhaps a bad time - but DavidG's pre-emptive strike solves the issue.

> Bah humbug, eh?
Re Yule, certainly. But you can eliminate the 'Christmas' aspect with -nosanta &
-norudolph . I installed it, and it has to make you laugh. It is very clever, with loads of command line options to control almost everything. I imagine you quickly tire of it, but until then - it is fun.