Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o>
To: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: 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*
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 22:21:02
Message-Id: 20181216232052.2a9a995f@wim.jer
In Reply to: 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* by Matt Turner
1 On Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:45:11 -0500
2 Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > I guess my question to you is whether you think it's okay to mask -304
5 > for removal or whether there are enough users that we should keep it
6 > under package.mask?
7
8 "The Linux 304.* legacy driver series is the last to support the NV4x
9 and G7x GPUs and motherboard chipsets based on them. Support for new
10 Linux kernels and X servers, as well as fixes for critical bugs, will
11 be included in 304.* legacy releases through the end of 2017." [1]
12
13 That should be fine, then: 304 no longer receives security support so it
14 can go away along with xorg-server-1.19.
15
16
17 Kind regards,
18 jer
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21 [1] https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142

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