[nvidia-graphics-drivers] frustration with slow Nvidia drivers release schedule

[Robie Basak]

On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 12:05:41PM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 12:01 PM, AG Restringere
> Since when did Nvidia stop offering the latest downloads via their
> website? Or is this just an excuse for you to continue to be lazy
> instead of downloading the source and compiling it yourself?  Do you

I don't think that's fair. Here we have someone coming forward,
identifying a specific issue and offering help to fix the issue in a PPA
for everyone, and you're rejecting it because he's "lazy"?

The point of Ubuntu is to make things easy for everyone. I don't want to
have to get the latest downloads and compile them myself. I want to
click through the installer and have everything Just Work. Even though I
am capable of doing things myself, I'd prefer to focus on the problems I
want to use my computer to solve, instead of having to do every little
thing myself.

In Ubuntu, we've always had a focus on giving people a great
out-of-the-box experience. I'm sure that improving driver availability
and helping to make sure that it is up-to-date falls into this.


AGS: I don't think Jordan's view represents the majority of Ubuntu users
and developers. Thank you for your offer to contribute. I regret that I
can't help directly myself, since I'm not familiar with Nvidia graphics
and drivers at all. But it's great to see your offer for help, and I
encourage you to persevere. All contributions that improve matters are
welcome. Timo's comment in the bug seems to have a valid point, which is
that two weeks is perhaps a bit too soon to expect other contributors to
have updated drivers for you. But if you could package something newer
in a PPA on a faster cadence, then I'm sure that would be useful to
everyone looking for driver updates sooner.

Robie