Re: No stock nvidia-kernel-legacy packages for 2.6.16; why ?

[Francesco Pietra <frapietra@alice.it>]

On Saturday 19 August 2006 13:58, Andrew Vaughan wrote:
> On Friday 18 August 2006 20:40, Tim Day wrote:
> > Is there any particular reason the stock nvidia-kernel-legacy packages
> > haven't appeared (even in sid) for linux-image-2.6.16, while non-legacy
> > nvidia-kernel-2.6.16 has made it to testing ?
> >
> > Looking at sid, I can see some linux-image-2.6.17 packages and both
> > nvidia-kernel-2.6.17 AND nvidia-kernel-legacy-2.6.17.  So hopefully the
> > lack of legacy nvidia packages for 2.6.16 is just a blip... accident or
> > design ?
>
> I think it's just a blip.
>
> You can build your own modules for 2.6.16.
>
> Apt-get install nvidia-kernel-legacy-source and follow the instructions
> in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-kernel-legacy-source/README.Debian.
>
> HTH
> Andrew V.

Thank you. However, why that policy of putting tout le monde to compilation? 
Is that not a waste of human energies (and electrons ruuning through the 
cables of the electrical service)?

Or is debian such a rare flavor of linux with only very few peers?

Cheers
francesco pietra