Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers Version: 525.147.05-6 Severity: normal >From time to time the version of nvidia-driver in experimental is far ahead of the current version in unstable. It's often desirable to install it to see if the new version fixes particular problems.
The problem is that there are many different packages generated for nvidia-graphics-drivers. Ideally the same version would want to be installed for all of them, including the cuda or opencl components. This means to upgrade to the new version in experimental, one has to individually select every single nvidia component. There's more than 20 of them, it's a bit of effort. Conversely, if the experimental version becomes stale, it does not get automatically updated. One might need to step back to the nvidia version in unstable if the experimental version no longer confirms to package standards, or to get automatic updating going forward. Or there might be a new version in experimental, which is not automatically updated. Either way, one again has to select every single component package and mark it explicitly for downgrade or upgrade. It would be much easier to switch between versions in unstable and experimental, or upgrade from experimental, if there were a dummy dependency package that depends on all the manifold nvidia component packages for the given version. It could be called nvidia-driver-all, for instance. Then only the one package needs to be marked for upgrade (or downgrade) and will bring in all the others. Can it be done?
