Why doesn't Ubuntu nvidia-current support the later proprietary drivers for LTS releases?

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Published on 2012-02-28T20:58:07Z Indexed on 2012/10/14 21:51 UTC
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e.g. in my Lucid 10.04 LTS system I had to uninstall the ubuntu proprietary drivers and manually install drivers from nvidia.com for an upgraded video adapter to get the system to work.

This does not seem to be in agreement with MS's policy or with the Ubuntu wiki

"nvidia-graphics-drivers" versions published in Ubuntu…

Precise (295.20-0ubuntu1): restricted/misc 
Lucid-updates (195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.1): restricted/misc 
Oneiric (280.13-0ubuntu6): restricted/misc 
Natty (270.41.06-0ubuntu1): restricted/misc 
Maverick (260.19.06-0ubuntu1): restricted/misc 
Lucid (195.36.15-0ubuntu2): restricted/misc

This list seems to be out of date, my maverick system has 295.20-0ubuntu1~maverick~xup1 installed.

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