Nvidia driver latest version

[Luca Boccassi]

Hi,

See Florian's email [1].

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi

[1] https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-nvidia-devel/2016-April/012917.html

On Thu, 2016-04-21 at 17:25 +0200, Berillions wrote:
> Hi Lucas,
> 
> I'm very interested to try the newer versions of Nvidia driver package and
> help you.
> 
> You said me to follow the instructions to locally build the package but...
> where is the next message with the instructions ?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Max
> Le 21 avr. 2016 12:07, "Luca Boccassi" <luca.boccassi at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> > 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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