On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 9:36 AM, Morten W. Petersen <morphex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> They are. That is why I would recommand, nowdays, to use the Negativo >> repositories. The commands to use are described here: >> >> https://negativo17.org/nvidia-driver/ > > Well is this splintering of NVIDIA driver maintenance something that has > some good reasons or is it simply something like technical purism? As it says on the link, there are some differences between the way the two are packaged. However, one of the main reasons the negativo17 repository has been popularized as an alternative is because of the new "third party repository policy" for Fedora, which allows editions to ship disabled third-party repositories dedicated more or less to a single package for easier auditing. The Workstation WG wanted to enable installation of the nvidia driver from inside GNOME Software directly, but the policy effectively prevents RPM Fusion as currently constituted from being included: hence the use of the negativo17 repository as an alternative. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/Third_party_software_proposal https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Third_Party_Repository_Policy There was some discussion about potentially splitting out RPM Fusion's nvidia driver into a separate repository as well that could be included under this policy, but it hasn't yet been done. Ben Rosser _______________________________________________ kde mailing list -- kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kde-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
