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

[Nicholas Skaggs]

On 09/23/2012 03:08 PM, Fabio Marconi wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
> Hallo
> I've just installed the experimental package of proprietary driver and
> it finally fix my problem with nouveau or others nvidia.
> There's a way to lay a feedback ?
>
> Thanks
> Fabio
>
>
That's good to hear Fabio. Umm, I would update your old bug reports with 
the information you found out and wind them down since the new version 
solves your issues.

nicholas
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