On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 13:47:22 +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote:

> Do you know which Xorg version still worked with these drivers? What 
> xserver-xorg-video-# ABI-version is compatible with these drivers?
> 
> We should fix the Provides: xserver-xorg-video-# setting in sid so people 
> don't run easily into this not working combination. 
> 
AllocateScreenPrivateIndex was removed between xserver 1.4 and xserver
1.5.  So it was still in videoabi 2, and not in videoabi 4.

> Even if the package is not usable in sid using the Xorg available in sid we 
> could keep it around as a base for backporting for people who really need it 
> (and want to run an old Xorg from whatever source). Maintaining it is no 
> longer a big effort with the synchronized packaging of all nvidia drivers.
> 
They can get it from snapshot.  Keeping broken stuff in sid doesn't help
anyone.

Cheers,
Julien

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