On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Here let me show you something... pointing out that NVidia lagged
the
X.org 7.3 release and its stable ABI.
Fact 1: X.org 7.3 was released on 09-06-07
Reference:
http://www.x.org/wiki/Releases/7.3
Fact 2: NVidia did not have a new driver ready as of X.org 7.3 release:
Reference:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=97942
Quote Nvidia developer on :09-06-07
"To reiterate, we can't comment on driver release schedules but I can
confirm that the next driver release will support X.org 7.3. In the
meantime, using -ignoreABI should be safe as long as you disable the
Composite extension."
Fact 3: Nvidia does not time releases around X.org releases:
Reference:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=98635
Quote NVidia developer on :09-06-07
"the next driver release is not pending the Xorg-7.3 release."
Thank you. Clue gained. :)
- Erich