Nvidia driver latest version

[Luca Boccassi]

On Wed, 2016-04-20 at 18:48 +0200, Berillions wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Sorry if you received already this type of message but i'm very desapointed
> to see that even in the Experimental branch, the Nvidia driver version are
> old/very old.
> 
> It's normal to fix normal/important bug for the driver in the Sid branch
> but why you don't update and follow the release of the latest Nvidia driver
> like on the Nvidia website (actually 364.15) only on Experimental branch ?
> 
> I love Debian and i don't want to change my system so hopefully that the
> .run driver is easily installable on Debian.

Hi,

As it's evident by the SVN repositories, all releases including the 364
(which is a beta) are already packaged. [1]

The newer version require new binary packages. And per Debian policy,
when a new binary package is added, the upload is not automatic but has
to be reviewed and accepted by the FTP masters.

The upload with the new packages has been in the NEW queue for close to
2 months now [2], and we can do absolutely nothing about that, since it
exclusively depend on the FTP masters workload and priorities, which we
can't (and wouldn't want to) interfere with.

And no, it does not matter in the slightest that the version in the NEW
queue is 355 or 358 or 361 or 364. It has to be reviewed and accepted,
and once that is done we can do uploads that are processed
automatically.

If you wish to try the newer versions, and also help, please do follow
the instructions posted in the other response to locally build the
packages, and please do report back any problems you might find. All
feedback is greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi

[1] https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-nvidia/packages/nvidia-graphics-drivers/branches/
[2] https://ftp-master.debian.org/new.html
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