From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABE02198005 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2013 14:43:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FCE4E0830; Sun, 3 Mar 2013 14:43:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3063FE0660 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2013 14:43:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.4.5] (blfd-4db0fe3f.pool.mediaWays.net [77.176.254.63]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: hasufell) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 05C3033DC33 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2013 14:43:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <51336170.1030802@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:42:56 +0100 From: hasufell User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130123 Thunderbird/17.0.2 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers: nvidia-drivers-313.18.ebuild ChangeLog References: <20130302160257.B3FCB2171D@flycatcher.gentoo.org> <5132F549.1020504@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: cab3ca34-950d-42b2-8d30-c77315d295e5 X-Archives-Hash: 62c50388093e5b79c1565272b386b839 On 03/03/2013 08:11 AM, Alec Warner wrote: > > There was a big ole' chat on #gentoo-dev regarding this. My > understanding of the summary is that the nvidia-driver Gentoo team > only supports kernels that nvidia themselves (upstream) support. The > Kernels > 3.4 are not supported by upstream, so they are also not > supported in Gentoo. I believe the ebuild contains instructions on > using user_patches to get these patches. The nvidia maintainers in > Gentoo do not want to be responsible for those patches though; this is > why they are not included (and why your commit was reverted.) > > I do not find their stance wholly unreasonable. They offered to point > users at an overlay, if someone was willing to maintain the patches > there (in lieu of user_patches.) The end result is that if users apply > the patches, they will get an unsupported setup. There is a fear as > well, that the patches may damage cards (since the patches are not > supported by the vendor.) What do we have useflags for in gentoo? add a "unsupported-kernels" useflag, mask it, add a clear statement in the masking reason and be done