Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:09:04 -0500
From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-{driver, settings, xconfig}: why not the latest available version (290.10)?
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References: <20111223184142.2264e72e@cox.net> <20111224040923.29a5dd58@gumby.homeunix.com> <20111224000151.3cd8832f@cox.net>
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On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> wrote= : > On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:09:23 +0000 > RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:41:42 -0600 >> Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: >> >> > As an aside, I've also been wondering for quite a while now why the >> > nvidia-driver port isn't under the x11-drivers category, rather than >> > simply x11. =C2=A0Not awfully important, just curious. =C2=A0:-) >> > >> >> =C2=A0x11-drivers wasn't created until the monolithic xorg port was >> broken-up a few years ago. The nvidia-driver port predates that and >> it's just not been moved. > > Interesting. =C2=A0I didn't realize the nvidia-driver port had been aroun= d > that long. > > Thanks for clearing up that (slightly) troubling mystery. =C2=A0:-) Also see http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D121930 --=20 Eitan Adler
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