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

[yannubuntu at gmail.com]

I agree with Robie.
Thanks for reporting the issue and proposing your help.

Regards
Yann


2013/9/3 Robie Basak <robie.basak at ubuntu.com>

> 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
>
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