#1116195 ITP: slang -- Compiler for the slang shading language designed to write high-performance shader code

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Andreas Glinserer
Date:
2026-02-24 23:57:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1116195#5
Date:
2025-09-24 09:47:58 UTC
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* Package name    : slang
  Version         : 1.4.321.0
  Upstream Contact: Shader-Slang
* URL             : https://github.com/shader-slang/slang
* License         : Apache-2.0 with LLVM Exception, BSD, MIT
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : Compiler for the slang shading language designed to write high-performance shader code

Slang is a shading langauge and its corresponding compiler.
It aims to enable real-time graphics developers to work with
large-scale, high-performance shader code. Slang compiler can generate
code for a variety of targets: d3d12, vulkan, metal, opengl, cuda.

I intend to pickup the packaging LunarG did before they stopped
delivering it. The versions would be in line with their corresponding
vulkan-sdk releases.
#1116195#10
Date:
2025-09-24 09:55:43 UTC
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S-Lang (source package is slang2) already exists and is used widespread.
This needs some distinguishing touches and can't reuse the "slang" name
directly.

Bastian
#1116195#15
Date:
2025-09-24 13:46:59 UTC
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Are there guidelines as to what is ok to name it? For example I am
thinking of 'shader-slang' instead of 'slang'.

So I just close this ITP and reopen a new one with 'shader-slang'
instead? Or is there a process to rename this?

Best regards
Andreas
#1116195#22
Date:
2026-02-24 23:54:50 UTC
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It does look as if arch & nix are using shader-slang:

https://repology.org/project/shader-slang/versions

Maybe just retitle the bug?