autobuilding src:nvidia-* [non-free]

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 2012-08-06 19:32, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> There is actually no attempt to check or maintain ABI stability for
> packages with the rt featureset (or openvz or vserver, in squeeze), as
> their stable updates have been comparatively less stable.  This fact
> hasn't been advertised nearly as widely as it should be.

In that case we should probably drop the RT prebuilt modules (like we
did for openvz and xen in squeeze) - or do semi-automatic binNMUs
whenever a new linux_3.2* gets out.

> I think we should do better and actually change the ABI numbers
> per-featureset, as the current arrangement obviously works really
> badly with OOT modules.  But it will require more trips through NEW
> and more linux-latest updates.
> 
> (I'm a little sceptical that many OOT modules work properly with
> rt, but let's assume some of them do.)

I think nvidia works with RT, although I haven't tried this myself. I
picked up a patch from arch linux earlier this year that worked around
some GPL-only symbols getting pulled in by the RT patch, but that is no
longer neccessary.


Andreas