On Tue, Jul 3, 2007 at 15:35:19 -0400, Kevin Dean wrote: > Pardon my cross mailing this message, I apologize if there is a better > method to obtain this information. The debian-x mailing list is the contact point for the Debian X packages (added to Cc:). > I'm curious about the status of the experimental nouveau driver. I've > been waiting of a VERY long time for this package to enter Sid or > Experimental, and it has not. > > Iv'e built the driver from source many times, across many git > revisions, and the driver tends to have issues for me. I believe that > with Debian supporting the driver, and the BTS leveraged behind it, we > could help developement of the driver. > > Currently, it seems that only Fedora distributes the driver, though it > is not used unless explicitly enabled. > > How long will it be before Debian includes the driver in > Sid/Experimental? Other than the maturity of the driver, are there > issues holding it up? > > I greatly appreciate any information you can offer. > As far as know, the most important thing holding this up is that noone with the hardware and interest has stepped up to maintain a nouveau package. Your help would most certainly be appreciated. Cheers, Julien
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