Bug#620526: src:nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-71xx: should this package be removed?

Russ Allbery rra at debian.org
Fri Apr 8 23:15:44 UTC 2011


Julien Cristau <jcristau at debian.org> writes:

> The 71xx drivers haven't been updated in quite a while, aren't in
> squeeze because they want an even older Xorg server, so haven't been
> installable in sid in years.  Presumably this package could be removed?

I'm inclined to agree.  We were hanging on to them in the hope that they
might be useful for lenny users or that NVIDIA might produce a new version
that supports newer X servers, but I think at this point neither of those
things are likely to happen.

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Russ Allbery (rra at debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>





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