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I like my security bugs well publicized with documented workarounds as opposed to undiscovered and undisclosed, thank you.
Apropos of nothing, Xscrensaver is my bellwether for moving to Wayland. When it’s officially ported I’ll switch.
I doubt there will ever be screensaver support with Wayland. Wayland isn't a program so there is not a display server to connect to. The desktop draws directly to the screen.
I mean, it absolutely could if stuff like ext_session_lock weren’t incredibly insecure.
There’s a thread on the maintainer of xscreensavers website that talks extensively about this and it got me trying to get just some stubs hooked into several wayland environments, seeing how the sausage is made and putting Wayland back on the shelf.
Swaylock?