Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:01:51 -0600
From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: x11/nvidia-{driver, settings, xconfig}: why not the latest available version (290.10)?
Message-ID: <20111224000151.3cd8832f@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20111224040923.29a5dd58@gumby.homeunix.com>
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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. Not awfully important, just curious. :-) > > > > x11-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. I didn't realize the nvidia-driver port had been around that long. Thanks for clearing up that (slightly) troubling mystery. :-) -- Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net
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