On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 02:25:24PM +0100, Sam Morris wrote: > Ugh, ctrl+enter is a STUPID choice for a shortcut to send an email > you're composing...
indeed, change your MUA to something saner <g> > > > 1) I understand you motivation not to include nvidia support per default > > to avoid moving the package to contrib. But as there are so many users > > with nvidia GPUs out there it would perhaps be a nice solution, to > > provide a 2nd package e.g. sensors-applet-with-nv or something better ;) > > in contrib. > > That way each user could choose the one he likes. > > I've thought about it, but I believe Debian's policy would require that > it be an entirely separate source package... which is double the > maintenence burden, and I don't know if the ftpmasters would even accept > two almost-identical source packages. > > Given that NVIDIA's own code can't even read the sensors on my graphics > card, and that NVIDIA hardware is non-free crap in the first place, my > motivation to work on this issue myself is pretty much zero. However if > you (or anyone else) would like to maintain a branch of the package I > will help you. :) [upstream CCed] I do not know s-a architecture but here's a thought: give a simple interface for external .so to dlopen() at runtime, then the nvidia component can be made an .so and put in contrib in a small source package. OT: Sam: there's no upstream author contact in copyright, do you mind adding? filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows: What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. -- Lev Tolstoj
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