Re: [gentoo-dev] 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*

[Matt Turner]

On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 5:20 PM Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:45:11 -0500
> Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote:
>
> > I guess my question to you is whether you think it's okay to mask -304
> > for removal or whether there are enough users that we should keep it
> > under package.mask?
>
> "The Linux 304.* legacy driver series is the last to support the NV4x
> and G7x GPUs and motherboard chipsets based on them. Support for new
> Linux kernels and X servers, as well as fixes for critical bugs, will
> be included in 304.* legacy releases through the end of 2017." [1]
>
> That should be fine, then: 304 no longer receives security support so it
> can go away along with xorg-server-1.19.

Thanks Jer!