I agree with Robie. Thanks for reporting the issue and proposing your help.
Regards Yann 2013/9/3 Robie Basak <robie.ba...@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 > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >
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