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@mcneb10 No it would not.

@jwz why not?

@mcneb10 You seem to be under the impression that the hard part about writing screen savers is "it's not in GitHub". You are wrong.

@jwz

This is not an attack on the way you are currently handling xscreensaver. I’m just suggesting it would be much easier and more inviting if there was some git repo somewhere where people could contribute. I don’t care if it’s on GitHub. There are hundreds of Git sites for hosting FOSS projects. If you aren’t satisfied with those, you can set up your own server using a program such as Gitea

@mcneb10 You are making the assertion that if I went to the trouble of hosting a repo, the amount and/or quality of contributions I get would go up. I just don't believe that for a second.

"I was going to write a screen saver, but running diff and sending an email is too much work" -- Nobody

@jwz It certainly would’ve helped me to see how other people would’ve handled their pull request when contributing to the program. Git also makes it much easier to create diffs. When I tried to make a diff to transfer my screensaver (incomplete) between machines, I first had to:
1. Download a second copy of the source code to diff against
2. Figure out how diff’s command line flags work
3. Painstakingly remove all of the parts of the diff from irrelevant object and metadata files

@mcneb10 You sure have a lot of opinions on how *I* should spend *my* time.

@jwz well, if you are willing to invest a small amount of your time in it, Git will certainly benefit xscreensaver, and the sanity of anyone who wants to contribute to or study the repository, including you and I.