Fwd: Sufficient 1.2 release criterion: passing all tests on all platforms?

[David Gerard]

to list as well


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>
Date: 2009/3/8
Subject: Re: Sufficient 1.2 release criterion: passing all tests on
all  platforms?
To: Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com>


2009/3/8 Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com>:
> For graphics cards:
> 1st tier: Nvidia 8400 or higher
> 2nd tier: < 4 year old Nvidia, < 2 year old ATI, < 2 year old Intel
> 3rd tier: older nvidia

I would question Nvidia cards being first unless we're talking about
the nv or nouveau drivers. The binary drivers are known to crash more
with Wine because it puts more demands on them, and Nvidia is known
not to care about this. The Intel drivers have the advantage of being
good, being open source and being from a company that seriously cares
about getting them right.

Or, shorter: privileging a closed-source driver doesn't seem like a good idea.


- d.