[OpenICC] Device Settings in ICC

[Robert L Krawitz]

   Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:59:50 +0200 (CEST)
   From: Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de>

   Am 04.09.06, 16:10 -0400 schrieb Robert L Krawitz:

   > I'd suggest adding a field specifying the highest allowable
   > driver version also.  For example, a profile made against
   > Gimp-Print 4.2.7 should not be used with Gutenprint 5.0.0 (of
   > course, these can be disambiguated by name, but that's only
   > because we renamed the package -- we certainly won't be making a
   > habit of that!)

   Please turn it in the lowest allowable driver version.  For
   instance Gutenprint set a colour driver in stone in version 5.0.0.
   That particular device driver can be used despite lets say
   Gutenprint has allready reached version 5.2.15. Lets call it
   compatibility version. It has to been specified on a per device
   basis. If with version 5.2.16 the driver for out device show
   colours now different, the new compatibility version would become
   5.2.16. It should be equal to the device driver number in the
   IccDeviceSettingsTag. I have to make it more clear or change it in
   the device settings tag spec.

What happens if someone wants to create a profile with an older
version?

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