On 05/11/2012 09:33 PM, Jesse Juhani Jaara wrote:

#Please remove the following out-of-date/old versions of catalyst #packages. None of them probably builds with the current stock kernels, #and mostlikely need really old version of X.org

[1]catalyst-beta [2]catalyst-ice [3]catalyst-leaked [4]catalyst-old [5]catalyst-switch [6]catalyst-tp [7]catalyst-utils-old

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[1]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31216 [2]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15482 [3]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28842 [4]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25105 [5]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48208 [6]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16406 [7]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25106 Gone. =====================================================================

#The following nvdia binary blob releated packages should be removed. #Reasons include orphan, out-of-date, old (beta/testing) versions, which #do not work with our current kernels, X.org or need some older gcc #release.

[10]cuda-beta [11]cuda-sdk-beta [12]cuda-toolkit-beta

[13]cuda-old [14]cuda-sdk-old [15]cuda-toolkit-old ##If needed the -old packages should be reuploaded as cuda2-X like done ##with most other applications and as with the verison 3 branch of #cuda(cuda3-X)

[16]cuda-sdk-gcc34 #Do we really need a version for gcc34?

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[10]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48012 [11]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47707 [12]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47706

[13]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30504 [14]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30506 [15]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30505

[16]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26331 Gone. =====================================================================

[20]nvidia-96xx-fbcondecor [21]nvidia-96xx-ice [22]nvidia-96xx-zen #No maintainer and depend on the old kernel26 naming scheme, #nvidia-96xx-all can build a package for any installed kernel. Merging #to nvidia-96xx-all, instead of removal, might be the way to go.

[23]lib32-nvidia-utils-96xx

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[20]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25475 [21]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15440 [22]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13901

[23]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32046 Gone. =====================================================================

[30]nvidia-173xx-ck [31]nvidia-173xx-fbcondecor [32]nvidia-173xx-ice [33]nvidia-173xx-lqx [34]nvidia-173xx-lts #Merge into [35]nvidia-173xx-all, same reason as with the 96xx branch. #nvidia-173xx-all, is out-of-date but maintained unlike the others.

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[30]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=44381 [31]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31986 [32]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21059 [33]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46877 [34]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=46112

[35]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=32909 Gone.

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[40]nvidia-256 [41]nvidia-ck-256 [42]nvidia-utils-256 [43]lib32-nvidia-utils-256 #If I undertood correctly from my googling, this is not an major version #branch, which dropped support for old hw. At the moment of writing #binary repo nvidia, has all of the same functionality + more

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[40]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42037 [41]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43968 [42]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42038 [43]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43969 Gone. =====================================================================

[50]nvidia-275xx [51]nvidia-275xx-ck [52]nvidia-utils-275xx [53]lib32-nvidia-utils-275xx [54]opencl-nvidia-275xx #If I understood correctly my googling, this is older version of the one #in binary repos (at the moment of writing), with the exeption of this #being for X.org server 1.11.

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[50]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52283 [51]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55013 [52]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52285 [53]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52284 [54]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=52286

===================================================================== I'm leaving these in there for now. There's recent activity and people seem to be using them.

[60]nforce-nvsound [61]nforce-nvsound-utils #Some really old OSS sound driver for nForce 1/2 motherboards, support #for them exist in kernel tree, accoeding to comments.

[62]nvidia-builder #Out-of-date, non maintained, we can easily manage without it too. Easy #to remake if ever needed

[63]rivatv-cvs #Old kernel triver, last commit 4 years ago, I'd be suprised if it would #build with modern kernel, without 5000 lines of patches ^_^

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[60]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6922 [61]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=6923

[62]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31604

[63]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9500

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[70]nvidia-beta-zen: badly out-of-date, no maintainer [71]nvidia-ice-beta: -||- [72]nvidia-tp: -||- [73]nvidia-utils-glselect: -||- [74]nvidia-utils-ice: -||- [75]nvidia-utils-pselec: -||- [76]nvidia-utils-sane: -||- [77]nvidia-vs: -||- [78]nvidia-xen #out-of-date, no maintainer, does not build for xen kernel, but instead #the one which one booted in. `uname -r`

[79]nvidia-yi: badly out-of-date, no maintainer. [80]nvidia-zen-stable

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[70]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13904 [71]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20410 [72]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14974 [73]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35814 [74]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50024 [75]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35824 [76]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=29617 [77]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45327 [78]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13093 [79]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=37948 [80]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30154

Gone. Yay, that really cleaned up the nvidia packages. Thanks for helping out.