Seems fine, as it is a split from existing package, is opt-in, and the plan has tech board approval.
Some hopefully quick questions: * You say that a user will be reverted to stable drivers upon upgrade. What if that would involve downgrading the major version? (i.e. in a year, some cool new game for 12.04 requires experimental-500 but 12.10 only has 408) And what if they still have that game they installed in 12.04 that needs that newer version? * Let's say a user installs a new game that requires an experimental driver. But the driver doesn't work for whatever reason. How easy is it to revert for the user? It will involve more than just uninstalling the game. (This is a general driver problem, but I'm curious here, because the user may not fully understand that when they are installing a new game, it will also involve a driver update. i.e. users that just click ok to advance) * What if game A requires nvidia-experimental-304 but game B requires nvidia-experimental-305? I assume they both install and the alternatives point at 305. * I notice that the version in quantal now (304.48) is only slightly higher than the non-experimental version (304.43). But it sounds like this setup is largely for newer major number bumps. Is the quantal version basically being used as staging for the SRU? ** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-experimental-304 (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist => Undecided -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1050674 Title: MIR for nvidia-experimental-NNN and nvidia-settings-experimental-NNN To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-common/+bug/1050674/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
