From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3AA22138334 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:41:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 57779E0D0D; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:41:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 035E6E0CFF for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:41:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wim.jer (jer.xs4all.nl [212.238.182.54]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jer) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 05842335C03; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:41:53 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 20:41:49 +0100 From: Jeroen Roovers To: Kent Fredric Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-375* =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-378* =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-381* =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-384* =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-387* =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-396* Message-ID: <20181216204149.241b7315@wim.jer> In-Reply-To: <20181215215303.2cd36723@katipo2.lan> References: <20181214150422.0ee5963c@wim.jer> <20181215215303.2cd36723@katipo2.lan> Organization: Gentoo Foundation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.2 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 801370a6-ffaa-491f-bdad-98e16b8e7356 X-Archives-Hash: 1967f6f834272a6353727a7d216e6415 (Re-sending using the proper e-mail address) On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 21:53:03 +1300 Kent Fredric wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:04:22 +0100 > Jeroen Roovers wrote: > > > According to Nvidia these are former "Short Lived" branches that > > are no longer supported. > > > > > > # Jeroen Roovers (14 Dec 2018) > > # Deprecated short lived branches > > # https://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html > > # File a bug report if you need to use one of these > > # Removal on or about 14 January 2019 > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-375* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-378* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-381* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-384* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-387* > > =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-396* > > I personally have a 540M, for which the "newest" supporting drivers > are 396.18 No, 390.87 is the latest for your chip and is not masked for removal. The 396 branch has seen no updates since 10 April 2018 while the 390 branch was last updated on 27 August 2018. Higher major versions do not mean you have something better or newer. Kind regards, jer