Re: LCMS dependency

[Richard Hughes <hughsient gmail com>]

2009/12/10 Pascal de Bruijn <pmjdebruijn pcode nl>:
> Well, lcms is used by most OSS graphical apps for color management, so
> lcms is a natural choice when we don't want to introduce new
> dependancies into most systems in general.

Right.

> But as long as lcms2 hasn't been released and packaged into most
> distro's, it makes testing gcm a bit harder, which means feedback on
> git versions might degrade.

Agreed.

> Another slightly nasty option would be, to use lcms2, but just (for
> now) include the code into the gcm repo until it has been released,
> and just statically compile it into the gcm binaries.

Ick, ick.

> And yes, I'll wash my mouth with some soap :)

Okay, I think after what everyone has said I'll add an lcms dep, but
not a lcms2 dep. We can convert when lcms2 has had it's first public
release.

Richard.