On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 08:23:03AM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > Hello Bryce, > > Bryce Harrington [2012-09-10 22:31 -0700]: > > In practice the legacy drivers are not updated except to add new X > > server ABI support > > [...] > > > But nvidia-current-updates will start at that version number at > > release and change over time (e.g. 304.xx in precise). So you could > > think of 'updates' as its own series, separate from -current. > > Ah, then I misunderstood the purpose of the -173/-96 versions, I > thought they got new versions with new features in the past as well.
As I understand NVIDIA's numbering system, new features would cause an increment to those numbers. So, (at least in practice as we've seen historically) the -173/-96 versions will never get changes that would make us need a new -nnn-updates for them. > > > TBH I'd just keep them as they are. > > > > Yeah maybe so; sounds like something we can hash through at some future > > UDS. > > So how about not changing 96 and 173 any more, but keeping the newer > simplified schema for future versions? That sounds good. In fact -304 is going to become a new legacy version, -96 is now EOL'd, and -173 will be phasing out in a little over a year[1]. Bryce 1: http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142 -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
