x11/nvidia-{driver, settings, xconfig}: why not the latest available version (290.10)?

[Conrad J. Sabatier]

On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:09:23 +0000
RW <rwmaillists at 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.  :-)

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Conrad J. Sabatier
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