Bug#819042: nvidia-graphics-drivers: Package uninstallable using unstable

[Eric Valette]

On 31/03/2016 20:20, Luca Boccassi wrote:

Control: tags -1 pending
Control: severity -1 important



It's all already packaged, as you can see in our SVN repository. We will
upload each stable release individually, and the first after 352 was
355. Please be patient and stick with testing/unstable for the time
being. Experimental can be bumpy at times, and now is one of those
times.


361 series is there and even 364. So please jump straight. And BTW not 
having selected a very old package from the beginning would have 
preveneted  most of this mess.


-- eric

Bug#819042: nvidia-graphics-drivers: Package uninstallable using unstable

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: tags -1 pending
Control: severity -1 important

On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 16:00 +0100, Eric Valette wrote:
> On 03/24/2016 03:51 PM, Luca Boccassi wrote:
> > On 23 March 2016 at 07:59, Eric Valette  wrote:
> 
> > Hi Eric,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > We have an upload with new binaries stuck in the NEW queue for a month
> > now: https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/nvidia-graphics-drivers_355.11-3.html
> > Until this gets in, we can't move on unfortunately.
> 
> I know, but the problem is elsewhere : even if approved, this package 
> cannot be installed on unstable + experimental because of video ABI 
> dependency first and the fact that this upstream package is really 
> incompatble with current unstable xorg video ABI. I started it manaully 
> with -ignoreABI flags and it just crashed almost immediately so it is 
> not only a matter of rebuilding the debian dependencies

After that one is uploaded, which introduces a new binary package that
is necessary, 358 and the rest can follow.

> > Please use the 352 series that's available in unstable - experimental
> > will keep being wild for a while, as there are many new binary
> > packages as a result of upstream changes (libglvnd etc).
> 
> I do but I cannot test anything newer because of the original choice of 
> selecting an outdated driver version...
> 
> I think you should first package a version that supports the actual 
> unstable video ABI

It's all already packaged, as you can see in our SVN repository. We will
upload each stable release individually, and the first after 352 was
355. Please be patient and stick with testing/unstable for the time
being. Experimental can be bumpy at times, and now is one of those
times.

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi


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Bug#819042: nvidia-graphics-drivers: Package uninstallable using unstable

[Eric Valette]

On 03/24/2016 03:51 PM, Luca Boccassi wrote:

On 23 March 2016 at 07:59, Eric Valette  wrote:



Hi Eric,


Hi,


We have an upload with new binaries stuck in the NEW queue for a month
now: https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/nvidia-graphics-drivers_355.11-3.html
Until this gets in, we can't move on unfortunately.


I know, but the problem is elsewhere : even if approved, this package 
cannot be installed on unstable + experimental because of video ABI 
dependency first and the fact that this upstream package is really 
incompatble with current unstable xorg video ABI. I started it manaully 
with -ignoreABI flags and it just crashed almost immediately so it is 
not only a matter of rebuilding the debian dependencies



Please use the 352 series that's available in unstable - experimental
will keep being wild for a while, as there are many new binary
packages as a result of upstream changes (libglvnd etc).


I do but I cannot test anything newer because of the original choice of 
selecting an outdated driver version...


I think you should first package a version that supports the actual 
unstable video ABI


-- eric

Bug#819042: nvidia-graphics-drivers: Package uninstallable using unstable

[Luca Boccassi]

On 23 March 2016 at 07:59, Eric Valette  wrote:
> Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers
> Version: 355.11-3
> Severity: grave
> Tags: upstream
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Unstable provides for months an video abi 20 and the upstream package provide
> no support for it. Furthermore, the package is really old and much newer
> version supporting this abi and the new openGl packaging do exist.

Hi Eric,

We have an upload with new binaries stuck in the NEW queue for a month
now: https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/nvidia-graphics-drivers_355.11-3.html
Until this gets in, we can't move on unfortunately.

Please use the 352 series that's available in unstable - experimental
will keep being wild for a while, as there are many new binary
packages as a result of upstream changes (libglvnd etc).

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Andreas,

is there anything we can do to speed up the approval of 355.11-3 so
that it moves on from the NEW queue?

Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi

Bug#819042: nvidia-graphics-drivers: Package uninstallable using unstable

[Eric Valette]

Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Version: 355.11-3
Severity: grave
Tags: upstream
Justification: renders package unusable

Unstable provides for months an video abi 20 and the upstream package provide
no support for it. Furthermore, the package is really old and much newer
version supporting this abi and the new openGl packaging do exist.

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