[Openicc] Hello *and* (was): LINUX, Gutenprint / CUPS / Color policies

[Jim Gettys]

On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 12:26 -0700, Hal V Engel wrote:

> 
> Of course, we are replowing old ground and I think for the most part everyone 
> here understands what the problems are on Windows and the Mac.  I also 
> believe that everyone here would like to avoid these problems when CM is 
> implemented in our open source projects.  To address these problems an 
> overall CM framework is needed so that everyone implementing systems knows 
> what they need to do to fit into the CM framework.  This requires a very 
> broad spectrum of participants while beyond just those involved in 
> implementing the printer subsystems and graphics applications.  So far I 
> would estimate that 80% to 90% of the activity on this list has been centered 
> on the printing subsystem and those involved with systems like windowing, 
> desktop environments, scanners and cameras have not been engaged in this 
> discussion.  But to design a CM framework we need to have these other groups 
> involved.   Anyone have any ideas on what we can do to get these other groups 
> involved?

Some of us are already listening...  I certainly worry about the X
Window System.

Participation from the GUI toolkit folks is also highly desirable (e.g.
GTK, Qt), as I suspect that is where much/most of the work takes place.

			- Jim