20.01.2013 23:50, Thomas Backlund kirjoitti: > Robert Wood skrev 20.1.2013 23:16: >> So you're saying that because v295 has been out a while you feel it's >> stable so you're happy to have that in the official repositories? I can >> kind of understand that, although in the case of nvidia you'd think they >> had already done the bug fixing. >> > > If that ever would be true... > many times when they add support for new hardware, old support gets > either broken or dropped... > > for example going past 304.x to 310.x or higher drops hardware support > for older hw. > > >> Anyway, in the case of the latest nvidia version it certainly does have >> new features, because it supports newer cards. In this case, it's not a >> big thing because it's relatively easy for me to install, but I would >> think that for new users who have modern software you'd really want them >> to have access to it. After all M2 is the latest stable release. >> > > But yes, this is a thing we need to improve... without breaking > anything in the process... > > The best way for now to get newer drivers is to rebuild the srpm in > cauldron and install that.
I also provide this script which can be used to build arbitrary versions of the nvidia packages (even before they hit cauldron): http://onse.fi/nvidia-mgabuild/ It uses the official nvidia-current .spec, so the built packages should be just fine. -- Anssi Hannula
