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From: "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] maintainer-wanted: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:47:29
Message-Id: 51341977.8040105@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] maintainer-wanted: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers by Doug Goldstein
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4 On 03/03/2013 04:39 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote:
5 > One of the reasons people volunteer in open source projects is to
6 > scratch their personal itch. When that itch develops into a festering,
7 > gangrenous limb it becomes time to amputate it. That is what I am
8 > doing with my involvement in x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers. As a result
9 > someone will need to work with spock and rej to figure out what
10 > aspects they are able to maintain and then maintain the components
11 > they aren't able to. For example, different hardware has different
12 > series of drivers to support it.
13 >
14
15 Cardoe,
16
17 I am sorry that this package has been such a headache for you,
18 unfortunately binary drivers (especially) are often like that. Thanks
19 for all your hard work keeping this usable.
20
21 I make no promises as to my level of success, but I am willing to fight
22 the fight. I'm adding myself as maintainer, but as always, I welcome
23 help from others.
24
25 - -Zero
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Re: [gentoo-dev] maintainer-wanted: x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>