[Openicc] GSoC 2013 preparations

[Graeme Gill]

Richard Hughes wrote:

> * If Oyranos writes to the user ~/.config/color/settings/ how is
> colord supposed to know that settings have changed?

fanotify ? inotify ? FAM ? Gamin ?

> * How is argyllcms supposed to set a specific profile to be used on
> the login screen if it can't write to /usr or /var?

It doesn't - it associates a profile with a (display) device.
User preferences need to be set elsewhere.

> * If colord sets a new system-wide profile to be used by all users,
> how is it supposed to remove or nullify the entry in ~/.config that
> will override it?

It isn't. It's not good UI to override user choices. If a user
wants to rely on the system profile, then they will not set
a local config. that overrides it.

Graeme.