[Openicc] common ICC profile directory

[Jim Gettys]

Seems sensible.

You should probably talk to the LSB folks on whatever is decided
(and make sure it meets guidelines)
so that the directory gets into their documents.
                             - Jim

On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 20:49, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
>    Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:25:50 +0100 (CET)
>    From: Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de>
> 
>    going more public I think about a good location for ICC profiles under
>    *nix.
> 
>    The one place should be good for many applications and environments.
>    Good transparency for networks and possibly osX conformity for better
>    migration between both oss are valuable requirements.
>    An option would be to go conform with SGI/Solaris. Only, I could not yet
>    figure out an standard path there.
> 
>    I would prefere one directory for all profiles. An CMM can select the
>    correct profiles by the icProfileClassSignature. (Scribus and cinepaint
>    does it this way under linux and I have seen this kind for gui design
>    elsewhere too.)
> 
>    /[opt,usr]/share/icc is what I would think at first.
> 
> /usr/share/icc or /usr/share/cmm/icc makes sense for profiles that are
> distributed with a system package (e. g. if Gimp-Print were to package
> a set of profiles in its distribution), and /usr/local/share/cmm/icc
> for packages that are built and installed locally.  Profiles created
> on-site (e. g. for a particular monitor) would belong in /etc, I
> believe.
> 
> I recommend /usr/share/cmm/icc rather than /usr/share/icc because
> there may be profiles other than ICC profiles, and /usr/share/cmm
> suggests that all color management information belongs there.
-- 
Jim Gettys <Jim.Gettys at hp.com>
HP Labs, Cambridge Research Laboratory