Hi everyone I propose using 15k$ from SPI for funding sws cleanup work. this is substantially less than what people belive this needs (see IRC logs from yesterday or so) So it really is more a small price for a good deed and not proper payment. This of course is only available to competent developers. (exact rules or how thats determined would still need to be decided unless its a clear case) Also the exact outcome and goal would need to be discussed by the community and whoever does the work. But some goals would probably be to make sws * pleasent to work with * similar speed or faster * proper multithreading * proper full colorspace convertion not ignoring gamma, primaries, ... * clean / understandable modular design (maybe everything can be a "Filter" inside sws that get build into a chain) Proper payment (50k$ maybe) would be too much in relation to what SPI has ATM (150k$) Above all, this is just my oppinion, the actual SPI funding also would need to be approved by the community. This can happen after a specific volunteer comes forth or before, whichever way the community prefers. thx -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. -- Diogenes of Sinope