Bug#875959: vidia-graphics-drivers: port nvidia-prime from Ubuntu

[Luca Boccassi]

On Sat, 2017-09-16 at 18:07 +0300, Vincas Dargis wrote:
> I have tried (naively) `nvidia-prime` Ubuntu package installed in
> Debian Testing, but it does not work:
> 
> sudo prime-select nvidia
> Info: the current GL alternatives in use are: [None, None]
> Info: the current EGL alternatives in use are: [None, None]
> Error: the installed packages do not support PRIME
> Error: nvidia mode can't be enabled

Hi,

Personally speaking I'm not a super fan of nvidia-prime. I think power
saving on a laptop is a very important concern, and the UIX of forcing
a reboot/restart of X is really not very user friendly.
Given I'm not going to use it, I cannot personally commit to maintain
it properly if it were to be uploaded.

Having said that, if anybody would like to commit to maintain and
support the package I'm very happy to discuss sponsorship and provide
help in that regard.

Volunteers are always welcome :-)

Hopefully one day, before I retire, Nvidia will provide a supported
dynamic offload functionality... There is at least talk of a server
side glvnd-like implementation, so there's hope.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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