It is false, transitional package are used even while the next branch would make the user unable to use the GPU due to nVidia dropping support for it.
Example with 418 and 430. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-418 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1823758 Title: Release upgrade didn't update nvidia driver Status in nvidia-graphics-drivers-418 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This machine had 18.04 LTS. I upgraded to 18.10 and then to 19.04. My 19.04 system still has the old 390 driver. I had to run `ubuntu- drivers autoinstall` in order to force my system to get the newer 418 driver. I would have expected my system to get updated to the latest nvidia driver on a release upgrade. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: nvidia-driver-418 418.56-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-8.9-generic 5.0.1 Uname: Linux 5.0.0-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu25 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Apr 8 16:48:54 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-07 (183 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-418 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-03-19 (20 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-418/+bug/1823758/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
