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List:       kwin
Subject:    Re: Kwin colour correction plugin
From:       Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b () gmx ! de>
Date:       2011-03-24 21:29:02
Message-ID: alpine.LNX.2.00.1103242222180.6913 () roma ! rasena
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Am 24.03.11, 22:13 +0100 schrieb Martin Gräßlin:
> On Wednesday 23 March 2011 09:09:51 Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > OpenICC has a GSoC project for a colour managed KWin[1].
> cool
> > 
> > How does you feel about that project for this summer?
> > Would it be better handled under the KDE umbrella?
> This depends. Our effects API is currently not providing any ABI or API \
> guarantees. It is likely that code written today won't compile tomorrow \
> as I'm reworking some parts of the Effects API and I do not expect this \
> to be finished till GSoC starts.

It would be cool to have the colour server inside your code tree.

> Given that the ABI is unstable it has to be developed together with us \
> and probably inside our git infrastructure. So this has to be under the \
> "KDE umbrella". For technical details I'm not sure whether this really \
> should be an effect - to me it sounds like something which has to be \
> built into the compositor. But as a first solution an effects is probably \
> just fine. It just needs to be written in a way that allows to move it \
> into the compositor.

Compositor sounds good.

> > Would you like to put the project on your ideas page or link?
> If the GSoC slot is provided by OpenICC I'm not sure about it. I think \
> distro's don't include their ideas on our wiki page either. Though I \
> could blog about all the ideas we have listed.

That would be great. From my experience students will like such project 
ideas.

> > I am happy to help with the colour side of the project. For the KWin
> > internals I would be glad, if a insider could help mentoring.
> Support from KWin developers is definitaly needed. Personally I won't \
> have the time to help mentoring here as I plan to mentor one or two \
> students already. If Thomas or Fredrik want to help, it's fine with me \
> :-)

I would be really glad if we can cooperate on this project.

> Cheers
> Martin

> > [1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/OpenIcc/GoogleSoC2011#Kwincolourcorrectionplugin
> > 

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
-- 
developing for colour management 
www.behrmann.name + www.oyranos.org



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