Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Unified nVidia Driver Ebuild ready for testing

[Curtis Napier <curtis119@gentoo.org>]

Dale wrote:
> Niklas Bolander wrote:
> 
>> On Friday 23 December 2005 20:59, Peter wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>> I can tell you that I would be disappointed if this replaces the 
>>>> current
>>>> ebuilds, because I really don't need to reinstall nvidia-settings and
>>>> nvidia-glx every time I build a new kernel.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> That's why we are having this dialog. When I proposed doing a unified
>>> ebuild, the objective always was to get and encourage feedback. If 
>>> you are
>>> happy keeping up with three ebuilds, then that is feedback we need to
>>> have. BTW, please post these comments to the bug report.
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>>> We hope you will find this approach a more streamlined and easy
>>>>> implementation for nVidia.
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> I don't particularly see how it is easier.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> But many do. This mirrors the approach nvidia takes.
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> As another non-dev/user I must say that three separate ebuilds is 
>> preferable. The kernel ebuild must be recompiled every time I change 
>> kernel while the glx only needs to be installed once. Finaly, I have 
>> rather bad experiences of nvidia-settings and would like to avoid them 
>> at all.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be more sensible to make a nvidia-meta build that pulled 
>> in all three if the goal is pure simplicity?
>> Merry Christmas btw.
>>
>> /Niklas
>>  
>>
> I have to agree.  Do it sort of like KDE, with kde, kde-meta or as 
> seperate packages.  Have it so you can pull in all three in one emerge 
> command but have the option to do it seperately as well.  I have only 
> emerged glx once and do the nvidia-kernel when I change kernels.  I 
> really don't have any use for the settings package, as long as my GUI 
> works anyway.
> 
> Just give us some options.  We'll be happy then.
> 

Ditto. A unified build would make more work for my tired old CPU. A meta 
build would be better, give us the choice to pull it all in or one at a 
time like kde.


ps. I appreciate the original intention of trying to clean this up. Thanks!
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