[MIR] xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

[Bryce Harrington]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

-nouveau is a video driver we're evaluating for becoming the new default driver for nvidia hardware.

Historically, -nouveau originated from the -nv driver maintained by nvidia, and has been enhanced through community efforts to add KMS, additional chip support, and better support for X.org standards such as xrandr. Going forward, plans include providing accelerated 3D and more active support than we see with the -nv driver. For all these reasons, our plan is to shift to -nouveau as the default open source driver for nVidia hardware.

I've reviewed https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMainInclusionRequirements in detail, and confirm that there are no violations of the requirements or nontrivial problems.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Patch to add nouveau to xserver-xorg-video-all

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

The package description is still pretty scary, I added a work item to the spec to improve it.

This is an approved lucid goal, and the desktop team will maintain it. Approved.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Promoted