[Openicc] common ICC profile directory

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Jim,

I read on the LSB site, they intent theyre standard for cross platform ABI
conformance. So I could not find any point, where to place an directory
structure at. Please correct me, if I am wrong. Ok I see now the FSH site.

... and filled (as seems usual) an bug against.

I followed the suggestions of using
 /usr/share/color           for global configuration data and
 /usr/share/color/icc       for global ICC profiles
 ~/.color and ~/.color/icc  as user pendant.

regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
                                + imaging development / panoramas
                                + color management
                                + email :ku.b at gmx.de


Am 25.02.04, 09:32 -0500 schrieb 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
>