GIMP may not be on the installer, but it's in repo and can use OpenCL. If Ubuntu compiles Mesa without OpenCL support, that means using OpenCL requires switching to the Oibaf PPA version or to Xorg-edgers. That, in turn, forces users other than hackers to use these PPA's, which are meant for people like myself familiar with system administration.
Unless someone wants to start a "mesa-stable" PPA like the "kdenlive- stable" (sunab) PPA, I see a lot of headaches coming from this decision. Not compiling in support is quite different than simply not including a library that can be brought in from the main repos. I can only see one valid reason to disable something like OpenCL or VDPAU: if there is at least one videocard anywhere for which enabling them will generate a black screen, a refusal to modeset, or at least a refusal to run 3d graphics. Is this the case with OpenCL? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1319835 Title: please enable opencl To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1319835/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
