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You guys are all doing, for the most part, what you can during the
transition and it's a lot of work.<br>
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On 06/17/2011 06:32 PM, Russ Allbery wrote:
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<pre wrap="">"Marc J. Driftmeyer" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mjd@reanimality.com"><mjd@reanimality.com></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">The upgrade to nvidia-glx and latest in Sid is broken resulting in the
following:
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Yes, the multiarch transition for glx is ugly. The right Breaks are
getting sorted out, which will hopefully unconfuse apt until we can get
the right diversions set up for NVIDIA.
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<pre wrap="">Seriously,
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<pre wrap="">How does this stuff get passed SQA? This is a non-starter.
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It doesn't. That's why it's in unstable.
If you want things that have passed QA, use Debian stable. Debian
unstable is exactly what it says on the tin.
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However, suggesting stable is a lame retort. I could never make that
excuse at NeXT nor Apple Engineering.<br>
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When everything in the depends are covered these drivers are far
more stable than they have ever been in the past and I credit the
nvidia package maintainers, solely, for such efforts.<br>
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Sincerely Yours,<br>
<br>
Marc J. Driftmeyer<br>
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