Could/should the new nvidia driver be added to the release candidate live release ?

[Ben Boeckel]

Linuxguy123 wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 00:38 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> On Thursday 15 January 2009, Linuxguy123 wrote:
>> > There was a lot of user frustration that prior versions of KDE didn't
>> > work properly because of issues attributed to nvidia.  I think its our
>> > responsibility to test/work this out in the release candidate and make
>> > sure that things do work properly now.
>> 
>> It is not. Proprietary drivers are not supported.
>> 
>> I don't see why we should put stuff on the live CD which are not part of
>> Fedora. We want you to test Fedora, not some proprietary crap.
> 
> BECAUSE YOUR USERS NEED IT TO FULLY USE KDE !
> 
> Kevin, KDE does not live in a bubble.  It has to interact with other
> things in the real world.  Like nVidia graphics cards and nVidia device
> drivers.
> 
> So it needs to be tested with them so that the users *in the real world*
> get a product that has been tested *in a real world environment*.

I disagree here. I am using the nv driver and do not have any performance 
issues. The blobs are not necessary to get DE running.

> Kevin, I've been watching your actions in bugzilla and I have to say
> that I find your manner and your actions to be crass and
> inconsiderate.
> 
> You seem to want to close every bug off as either notabug or upstream or
> anything that would have a Fedora person be responsible for it.  I just
> don't understand your actions.
> 
> In this case it won't do anyone any good to sweep the nVidia issue under
> the rug during testing.  Its real, it exists and its applicable to the
> end users.  It needs to be tested.

The blob is not a part of Fedora. Please report to rpmfusion or to nVidia 
directly.

--Ben

> Sorry to everyone else for the rant.