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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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