On 2018-03-26 17:51, Ben Hutchings wrote: > See #815060 for the license issue.
from the previous jessie RM request: https://bugs.debian.org/815525 >On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:02:56 +0100 Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> >wrote: >> I'd rather we left (old)stable well alone. > The Linux kernel ABI in jessie was changed in January as a result of > the mitigation of the Meltdown security issue. This package would > need to be updated to build new compatible modules, but that should > not be done due to the license issue. OPU request: https://bugs.debian.org/888561 > For the same reasons, this package should also be removed from wheezy > - though I don't think that's practical no since there won't be any > further point releases. Unfortunately the non-free bits cannot be updated via LTS :-( Let's hope this changes for jessie-lts. There have been inquiries about updated nvidia-graphics-modules for (old)oldstable on the mailing list ... Andreas
