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 56FF9138334 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 22:32:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 82921E0C87; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 22:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (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 30DA9E0BFE; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 22:32:42 +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 4BDBA335C38; Sun, 16 Dec 2018 22:32:40 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 23:32:36 +0100 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-dev-announce Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: 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: <20181216233236.1fb6ced9@wim.jer> In-Reply-To: <20181214150422.0ee5963c@wim.jer> References: <20181214150422.0ee5963c@wim.jer> 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: 62a0b109-dd5b-4cef-b74d-ef04d07695e5 X-Archives-Hash: 46173dcf2542b7d493362b9dbc00d633 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 additionally masked =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304* after I was notified that a security bug[1] requires the removal of the last version of x11-base/xorg-server that =x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-304* supports. Nvidia ended support for the 304 branch around the end of 2017[2]. Kind regards, jer [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/669588 [2] https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142