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[Dmitrijs Ledkovs <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The required changes are too risky for stable releases, and fall out of
scope from both Stable Release Updates [1] and Backports [2] process. I
am against from making such updates available in the Ubuntu Archive. It
will be a support nightmare.

Installing nvidia-current on e.g. intel machine renders many things
unusable (e.g. unable to login into desktop session). In the past, the
solution was for pyopencl to not depend on ocl-icd / nvidia-current, and
simply let it fail. I'm not sure what's the best way to solve this.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-319 (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-319-updates (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  please provide opencl-icd virtual package

Status in “fglrx-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “nvidia-common” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319-updates” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “pyopencl” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “fglrx-installer” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “nvidia-common” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-304-updates” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers-319-updates” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “pyopencl” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “pyopencl” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The package python-pyopencl depends on nvidia-current, which makes it
  impossible to correctly use on AMD / ATI systems.

  In debbugs #628702 debian started using a virtual package opencl-icd
  instead of depending directly on particular graphics driver / opencl
  implementation.

  We should follow the same.

  TODO

  * syn pyopencl
  * nvidia-graphics-drivers or nvidia-common (not sure) to provide opencl-icd
  * fglrx-installer to provide opencl-icd

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