Re: Bug#894123: RM: nvidia-graphics-modules/oldstable -- RoQA; license problem; incompatible with current kernel ABI
Control: reassign -1 release.debian.org
Control: user release.debian.org@packages.debian.org
Control: usertag -1 + rm
Control: tag -1 + jessie
Removals from (old)*stable are handled by the release team; reassigning
this bug to them.
On Mon, 2018-03-26 at 16:51 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> See #815060 for the license issue.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
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