Re: New package: OpenCL-SDK

[Calandracas606 <Calandracas606@users.noreply.github.com>]

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New comment by Calandracas606 on void-packages repository

https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/48261#issuecomment-1898394976

Comment:
> Please tag maintainers when you propose to restructure their packages, especially if "restructure" means "kidnap".

My apologies, I should have contacted you prior to submitting this PR

> What benefit accrues from the SDK as packaged? The major bits are available as standalone packages and could be built separately as independent packages. The SDK itself just makes for an awkward template and adds a utility library that doesn't seem to be used anywhere. It's usually desired to wait until some "end-user" application to be packaged for Void requires libraries (including header-only libraries) before packaging the libraries themselves, so CLHPP and the utility library could just as well wait until they are needed.

You're right, it isn't currently needed by any packages. Existing void packages only use OpenCL-Headers, so CLHPP and utility libraries are only useful as a development tool.

> The ICD loader may have some value, but what is the argument for replacing the existing loader with this? Yes, it comes from Khronos, but yanking an existing package out from users and replacing it with another may not be the right choice.

 There is nothing wrong with the existing ICD loader. I only changed it because this one comes from Khronos


Closing because It is clear that this PR is overzealous, and isn't currently a good fit for inclusion in void.