[Lubuntu-qa] Fwd: New -experimental drivers for nvidia/fglrx

[Nicholas Skaggs]

At the moment, there isn't any plans for testing these new drivers as 
they come into place. However, ideas are starting to come forward on how 
we might be able to help test in support of this new process. I'm open 
to your thoughts :-) As you mentioned, we could track the drivers and 
create a tracker for them if desired.. Testcases would need to be 
created in that case in support of the testing.

Nicholas

On 09/18/2012 11:43 AM, Ho Wan Chan wrote:
> Gee I don´t have Nvidia drivers so I can´t test it.
>
> Nicholas, is it that the Drivers will have their own testcase in the
> packages tracker?
>
> Regards,
> Howard (smartboyhw)
>
> 2012/9/18 Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>:
>> F.Y.I.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Nicholas Skaggs <nicholas.skaggs at canonical.com>
>> Date: 18 September 2012 16:39
>> Subject: New -experimental drivers for nvidia/fglrx
>> To: Ubuntu QA <ubuntu-qa at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>
>>
>> The technical board has decided to make some tweaks to how the nvidia/fglrx
>> drivers work inside ubuntu in response to better supporting newer hardware.
>>
>> An -experimental package for each released Nvidia/fglrx beta driver will be
>> made availible. Users can install these drivers independently, with a
>> fallback by default to the stable driver. They will all have -experimental
>> in the package name and will be selectable as part of software updater's
>> 'additional drivers'.
>>
>> The packages will come with a warning about stability upon installation, and
>> the typical SRU requirements will be waived. There will not be a one-week
>> wait, and while people will respond to bugs found in these drivers,
>> regressions and bugs can easily occur given the closed binary nature of the
>> packages as well as the "beta" label given to them by the company releasing
>> the driver.
>>
>> What this will allow for is support for newer games and technology as it
>> becomes available, even when running a stable release. I wanted to let
>> everyone know to be on the lookout in about 2 weeks for these new drivers to
>> land into quantal and precise. Additionally, the package names will be
>> cleaned up next cycle to better represent the packages and prevent
>> confusion.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Nicholas
>>
>>
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