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73. By Alberto Milone on 2012-10-05

* Revert to 304.43 (LP: #1057000).
* debian/nvidia-current.dirs.in:
  - Add /usr/share/applications. This should fix
    nvidia-cuda-toolkit FTBFS (LP: #950963).
* debian/nvidia-current.{postinst|prerm}.in,
  debian/rules:
  - Make sure that the packaging knows how to deal with
    reverted versions such as this one.

72. By Alberto Milone on 2012-10-04

* debian/nvidia-current-updates.grub-gfxpayload.in:
  - Blacklist all NVIDIA graphics cards (LP#1057093).
* New upstream release:
  - Added support for the following GPUs:
    o GeForce GTX 660
    o GeForce GTX 650
    o GeForce GT 645M
    o GeForce GTX 670MX
  - Added support for the new Quadro Sync board for Quadro
    Kepler GPUs. See the "Configuring Frame Lock and Genlock"
    chapter in the README for details.
  - Fixed an X server crash on X.Org xserver 1.13 when it is
    compiled without support for DRI2.
  - Fixed a regression that broke color controls on older X
    servers.
  - Fixed a bug that prevented panning from working correctly
    after a modeswitch on some X servers with support for
    cursor constraining.
  - Gamma ramp and colormap adjustments now apply correctly
    when screen transformations such as rotation and keystone
    correction are in use.
  - Fixed RandR per-CRTC gamma persistence across modeswitches
    and VT-switches.
  - Fixed a bug that caused the X server to sometimes hang in
    response to input events.
  - Fixed a reduction in rendering performance for core X11
    rendering on certain GPUs that occurred in the 290.series
    of releases.
  - Fixed a bug that prevented PowerMizer from working
    correctly on some boards with GDDR5 memory, such as some
    GeForce GT 240 SKUs.
  - Fixed a bug that caused OpenGL applications to not
    animate properly when a rotation or a transformation was
    applied on some older X server versions.
  - Enabled FXAA with Unified Back Buffers.
  - Fixed a bug that prevented the "Reset Hardware Defaults"
    button in the Display Settings page of nvidia-settings
    from being activated.

71. By Alberto Milone on 2012-09-19

* debian/control.in:
  - Conflict with/replace/provide nvidia-experimental-304.

70. By Alberto Milone on 2012-09-14

* debian/rules:
  - Make it possible to set the xserver ABIs in debian/substvars.
    It's all documented in the README file.

69. By Alberto Milone on 2012-09-07

* debian/control.in:
  - Conflict with/replace/provide nvidia and fglrx. This will make
    sure that other binary drivers cannot be installed at the same
    time. This is required by the new restricted drivers UI.

68. By Alberto Milone on 2012-08-30

* debian/dkms.conf.in:
  - Drop patch for linux 3.6
* debian/rules:
  - Lower the dependency on xserver-xorg-core
    (>= 2:1.10.99.901) for easier backports.

67. By Alberto Milone on 2012-08-28

* debian/rules:
  - Add support for X ABI 13.
* New upstream release (LP: #1037483):
  - Added support for the following GPUs:
    o GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    o Quadro K5000
    o Quadro K5000M
    o Quadro K4000M
    o Quadro K3000M
    o NVS 510
  - Fixed a bug that caused pre-release versions of
    X.Org xserver 1.13 to crash when certain GLX
    operations were performed, such as when starting
    Firefox.
  - Fixed a bug that caused VDPAU to hang when
    expanding the YouTube Flash Player.

66. By Alberto Milone on 2012-08-17

* debian/rules:
  - Disable support fo X ABI 13 since the driver doesn't
    seem to work well with the new X.

65. By Alberto Milone on 2012-08-07

* debian/rules:
  - Add ABIs 12 and 13.

64. By Alberto Milone on 2012-08-07

* debian/rules:
  - Hardcode X ABI to 11.
* debian/control.in:
  - Remove versioned dependency on nvidia-settings
    (LP: #1034035).