[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: New -experimental drivers for nvidia/fglrx

[Ho Wan Chan]

Gee I don´t have Nvidia drivers so I can´t test it.

Nicholas, is it that the Drivers will have their own testcase in the
packages tracker?

Regards,
Howard (smartboyhw)

2012/9/18 Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>:
> F.Y.I.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nicholas Skaggs <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
> Date: 18 September 2012 16:39
> Subject: New -experimental drivers for nvidia/fglrx
> To: Ubuntu QA <ubuntu-qa at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>
> The technical board has decided to make some tweaks to how the nvidia/fglrx
> drivers work inside ubuntu in response to better supporting newer hardware.
>
> An -experimental package for each released Nvidia/fglrx beta driver will be
> made availible. Users can install these drivers independently, with a
> fallback by default to the stable driver. They will all have -experimental
> in the package name and will be selectable as part of software updater's
> 'additional drivers'.
>
> The packages will come with a warning about stability upon installation, and
> the typical SRU requirements will be waived. There will not be a one-week
> wait, and while people will respond to bugs found in these drivers,
> regressions and bugs can easily occur given the closed binary nature of the
> packages as well as the "beta" label given to them by the company releasing
> the driver.
>
> What this will allow for is support for newer games and technology as it
> becomes available, even when running a stable release. I wanted to let
> everyone know to be on the lookout in about 2 weeks for these new drivers to
> land into quantal and precise. Additionally, the package names will be
> cleaned up next cycle to better represent the packages and prevent
> confusion.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nicholas
>
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