[18:51] <Dandel_> I was wondering what it would take to request a backport of the quantinal ocl-icd-opencl-dev package to precise. I know that there is a few quantinal packages that are already in the precise repository.
[18:54] <Dandel_> i know that precise provides opencl-headers but there is no opencl library so this is a bit of an issue since developers on precise can't even compile opencl based programs due to missing library files.
[19:29] <tjaalton> just request a backport?
[19:30] <Dandel> tjaalton, that would work, but two to three driver packages need an update.
[19:31] <Dandel> although, the opencl-headers package really should install the icd lib at the bare minimum.
[19:33] <Dandel> after all, both nvidia and fglrx provide icd files (the library finds them at /etc/OpenCL/vendors/ and this is finished by using alternatives )
[19:33] <tjaalton> why do they need an update?
[19:36] <Dandel> the client drivers ( nvidia and fglrx for example) should only rely on the libOpenCL.so file. Ubuntu provides this already as a basis. Although, x86_64 based installs cannot run 32-bit opencl programs. ( this is actually supported )