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Re: outdated nvidia drivers in the repository are a serious problem

Subject: Re: outdated nvidia drivers in the repository are a serious problem
From: HC Brugmans
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:24:25 +0100
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My suggestion is that Ubuntu keeps updating the NVIDIA drivers with the
latest released version, even in the stable version of Ubuntu.

The problem with doing this is that once we do it for one package/driver/program, people will use it as an example to demand that another package will be upgraded as well.

Apart from that, the driver is tied in with the kernel and X and updating it means risking stability and security problems, we simply can't test it enough to make sure that it fits our definition of stable.

This would create a nightmare stability and security-wise, and we wouldn't be able to put out a stable, dependable platform for our users to support.

Hidde Brugmans

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