xscreensaver-base is very useful, also on live CDs. Perl is becoming less and less necessary these days and it would be nice to avoid it on live CDs. xscreensaver-base has a dependency to perl from /usr/bin/xscrensaver-{getimage-{file,video},text} . I think that is an indication that these screensavers doesn't belong in the base package. Please consider moving the parts that requires perl to another sub-package.
First question: Suppose I move perl scripts in xscreensaver-base to some other subpackages, is the change really needed for F-14 (are there any plan to create new livecd and distribute it)?
I build my own livecd with F-14 and have this issue. I doubt it is an issue with the official livecds (as I assume they don't use xscreensaver at all). Moving files around in a bugfix release could cause regressions, so I think the best solution would be if you could move things around in f15. I think that would improve the package.
Would you check if the following works for you? http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/mtasaka/task_2714309/ (not pushed into Fedora git yet)
Yes, thanks, this removes the perl dependency from my live cd. I have however not tested it intensively.
xscreensaver-5.12-10.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xscreensaver-5.12-10.fc14
Just to make sure you didn't miss this aspect: As mentioned in comment 2 this change will cause a regression for those who only have the base package installed and relies on the perl stuff in it. I will thus recommend not pushing the change as an update in f14, but wait for f15.
xscreensaver-5.12-10.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update xscreensaver'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xscreensaver-5.12-10.fc14
xscreensaver-5.12-11.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xscreensaver-5.12-11.fc14
xscreensaver-5.12-12.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.