From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Ept9a-0003NP-QD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:04:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jBNK3GYQ021972; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:03:16 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jBNJxgPp023936 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:59:42 GMT Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1Ept4n-0008TY-U8 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:59:42 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ept4h-00006j-6y for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:59:35 +0100 Received: from pcp09895245pcs.ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net ([68.36.161.94]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:59:35 +0100 Received: from pete4abw by pcp09895245pcs.ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 20:59:35 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Peter Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Unified nVidia Driver Ebuild ready for testing Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:59:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <43AC537F.5030702@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp09895245pcs.ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table) X-Archive: encrypt Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 8bfbac28-c7b5-4635-94f4-6ea8a5a7b445 X-Archives-Hash: cd7d50085b28358509f5bcb7225b1383 On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:43:59 -0500, Stephen P. Becker wrote: > Since nobody else has asked, I will. What is the point? What problem > are you trying to solve with this ebuild? As far as I can tell, there > is no point, other than trying to sound like you are doing something > important. Sigh...The point was to take 3, potentially 4, ebuilds and make 1. As for trying to sound anything, that is not true. Why not bring that up with Kris who has taken up this project. > > 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. > > >> Thanks for your participation and feedback. >> >> Peter Hyman on behalf of the nVidia devs. > > The nVidia devs? Is upstream pushing this? Why? What is the point? No, nVidia devs are Kris and the x11-driver group. > > -Steve BTW, I don't want to get into a multi-threaded debate about the merits or drawbacks to this in this forum. Bug reports or comments are encouraged since that way everyone involved will see it. I was just asked to post the invite. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list