On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 09:42:08PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Honestly only the > > kernel update process (KMP packages) can avoid this problem. I > > prevented this problem before SLE10 by uninstalling the driver in > > %pre of the affected packages, but I needed to remove this > > workaround for the KMP approach for SLE10. :-( > > KMPs would of course be ideal. But it seems we won't have them for > openSUSE. There is much rumour and speculation as to why this is, It would > be nice if someone could give a definitive statement. If I understand > correctly the situation for SLE10: > > -Novell build the packages (from rpm vendor, build host, packager,author) > -Novell don't want to risk hosting them as they violate the GPL so ask > nvidia to host them. > -Nvidia happily host them and take legal risk of being sued by kernel > developers. > > It would be nice if someone could clarify what is different for openSUSE, > has anyone from novell even bothered to ask nvidia to host packages for > openSUSE? Have nvidia refused? why? or does Novell/SUSE not want non-gpl > kernel modules to be available anywhere for openSUSE, but think it's ok > for SLE for some reason? > > No-one seems to know the answers, so a statement from someone would be > appreciated.
Last time I tried to push this issue was not really successful. :-( Read the results in Bug #206956. I suggest to take the SRPMs I've attached to this bugreport and host them somewhere, e.g. packman. I would like to host them via the openSUSE buildservice (since the driver itself is marked as NoSource anyway), but unfortunately it's not possible to specify to only build the SRPM. :-( Best regards, Stefan Public Key available ------------------------------------------------------ Stefan Dirsch (Res. & Dev.) SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Tel: 0911-740 53 0 Maxfeldstraße 5 FAX: 0911-740 53 479 D-90409 Nürnberg http://www.suse.de Germany ------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
