OP Monthly US|Europe Minutes - 16 September 2014

OP Monthly US|Europe Minutes - 16 September 2014

Meeting called to order by Ira McDonald at 1pm US Eastern 16 September 2014. Minutes taken by Ira McDonald. Recording of this conference call will be archived at:

    http://www.openprinting.org/download/meetingnotes/op-telecons/
      OP-Meeting-20140916.mp3

Attendees

Till Kamppeter (Canonical) - Open Printing Manager
Ira McDonald (High North) - Open Printing Chair

Agenda

(1) VALS Semester of Code - sort of winter GSoC (Till)
Home - http://vps.semesterofcode.com/
About - http://semesterofcode.com/
Details and Timeline - http://semesterofcode.com/?p=22

- Till has submitted all Open Printing projects from GSoC 2014

- Different incentives than GSoC
  - Students work for academic credit and NOT for money
  - Less strict than GSoC about accepting mentoring organizations

- Only European universities approved by VALS can participate
  - Students must talk with their professors and get projects approved

- VALS 2014/2015 Schedule
  - 1 August to 16 September 2014 - FOSS mentors submit projects
  
  - 17 September to 14 November - students submit proposals
  
  - 17 September to 21 November - VALS and mentors select proposals
  
  - 28 November - VALS announces final selection of proposals
  
  - NO FIXED PROJECT DEADLINES
    - choice is up to mentors, professors, and students

(2) 2015 Joint PWG / Open Printing Summit (Ira/Till)
http://www.pwg.org/chair/meeting-info/meetings.html

- Joint PWG/OPS in Cupertino, CA (Apple host) - 28 April to 1 May 2015
  - 2015 PWG/OPS - 28 April to 1 May - Cupertino, CA (hosted by Apple)
    - excellent room, audio, and video equipment
    - excellent Internet WiFi connectivity
    - excellent food and beverages

- 2014 Joint PWG/OPS Issues
  - Schedule
    - late changes in OPS agenda topic dates and times
    - disrupted attendee travel plans for other PWG and OPS topics
  
  - Room and equipment
    - noisy room (food service)
    - no satellite microphones
    - difficult for call-in attendees to hear presenters

- 2015 Open Printing Summit Planning Cycle
  - December 2014 to January 2015
    - OPS topic selection

  - February 2015
    - OPS speaker recruitment

  - 3 March 2015
    - OPS speaker commitments (dates/times)

  - 10 March 2015
    - OPS speakers and times sent to Mike Sweet (PWG Chair)

(3) Status of IPP Everywhere Self-Certification (Ira)
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippeveselfcert10-20140826-rev.pdf

- Prototype draft
  - PWG reviewed on 13 August 2014 - PWG Last Call in Q4 2015
  - beta release of tools (OS X, Linux, Windows) on 2 September 2014

- PWG IPP Everywhere Test Tools for Self-Certification
  - ipptool - IPP Everywhere print protocol - Linux/Mac OS X/Windows
  - ippfind - IPP Everywhere Bonjour discovery - Linux/Mac OS X/Windows

(4) Status of IPP over USB (Daniel)

- Weekly status reports
  - http://danieru.com/2014/05/01/all-ready-let-gsoc-2014-begin/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/05/02/gsoc-2014-friday-report-1/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/05/09/gsoc-2014-friday-report-2/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/05/16/gsoc-2014-friday-report-3/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/05/23/gsoc-2014-friday-report-4/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/05/30/gsoc-2014-friday-report-5/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/06/06/gsoc-2014-friday-report-6/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/06/13/gsoc-2014-friday-report-7/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/06/20/gsoc-2014-friday-report-8/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/06/27/gsoc-2014-friday-report-9/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/07/04/gsoc-2014-friday-report-10/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/07/11/gsoc-2014-friday-report-11/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/07/18/gsoc-2014-friday-report-12/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/07/25/gsoc-2014-friday-report-13/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/08/01/gsoc-2014-friday-report-14/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/08/08/gsoc-2014-friday-report-15/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/08/15/gsoc-2014-friday-report-16/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/08/22/gsoc-2014-friday-report-17/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/08/29/gsoc-2014-friday-report-18/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/09/05/gsoc-2014-friday-report-19/
  - http://danieru.com/2014/09/12/gsoc-2014-friday-report-20/

- IPPUSBXD is feature complete and debugged
  - completed AppArmor profile (syntax is clear and logical)
  - abandoned SELinux profile (syntax is obscure - for experts only)
  - now adding version number (per Till)
  - now fixing issues in system-config-printer (per Tim Waugh)

- IPPUSBXD will go into Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn)
  - Till commited before feature-freeze on Thursday 21 August
  - bundled in CUPS Filters - quick path to Ubuntu (short-term
  - later Ubuntu and Debian releases - new separate package (long-term)

(5) Status of CUPS and CUPS Filters (Till)

- CUPS Filters v1.0.58 release 20 August 2014 (Till)
  - pdftoraster: Changed ICC profile get function to accept a
    PPD fallback profile.

  - pdftoraster: Fixed handling of cupsColorSpaces 18,19,20.

  - rastertopdf: Added test feature to force color management if
    "profile=" option is specified.

  - rastertopdf: Grayscale color conversion now properly inverts
    bits.

  - rastertopdf: Code cleanup for prepare_pdf_page().

  - rastertopdf: Implemented basic 8bit->8bit color space
    conversions.

  - rastertopdf: Added black point compensation.

  - rastertopdf: Added handling of color rendering intent.

  - gstoraster, imagetoraster, pdftoraster, rastertopclx,
    rastertopdf, foomatic-rip: Use color management functions in
    libcupsfilters.

  - libcupsfilters: Modified code formatting and documentation in
    the color management functions.

  - libcupsfilters: Fixed string handling and added debug log
    messages in the color management functions.

  - libcupsfilters: Fixed Adobe RGB matrix for proper rendering
    (transpose)

  - libcupsfilters: Moved color management functions from the
    individual filters to the libcupsfilters library.

(6) Status of 2014 Google Summer of Code (Till/Daniel)
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014

- GSoC 2014 Schedule

  - DONE - 3-14 February - mentoring organizations apply

  - DONE - 24 February - GSoC approves mentoring organizations
    - DONE - Interim - students discuss projects w/ mentors

  - DONE - 10-21 March - students apply
    - DONE - Interim - mentoring organizations review student proposals

  - DONE - 7 April - mentoring organizations request slots in Melange

  - DONE - 21 April - GSoC approves students, assigned projects/mentors
    - DONE - Interim - students get to know mentors, read documentation

  - DONE - 19 May - students start coding

  - DONE - 27 June - mid-term evaluations deadline

  - DONE - 11 August - suggested 'pencils down' date

  - DONE - 18 August - final 'pencils down' date

  - DONE - 22 August - final evaluations deadline

  - DONE - 25 August - GSoC 2014 results announced

- GSoC 2014 OP projects with student developers

  - IPP over USB for Linux (Daniel)
    - http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/IPP.zip
      - (USB-IF spec, 5 December 2012)
    - for IPP Everywhere and embedded web servers over USB
    - mentors - James Cloos, Till Kamppeter, Ira McDonald
    - student - Daniel Dressler (HP donated an IPP over USB printer)
      - complete (Daniel)

  - Color Management Printing extension to CUPS (Till)
    - enhance CUPS for color mgmt
    - continuation of GSoC 2013 project
    - mentors - Till Kamppeter
    - student - Joseph Simon
      - complete (Till)

(7) PWG News (Ira)
http://www.pwg.org

- IPP Scan Service (Push/Pull Network Scan) - Stable draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippscan10-20140917.pdf
    - ready for PWG Formal Vote

- IPP Finishings 2.0 - Stable draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippfinishings20-20140701-rev.pdf
    - PWG Last Call - start 28 July 2014 - end 12 September 2014
    - ready for PWG Formal Vote

- IETF IPP over HTTPS and 'ipps' URI Scheme - working draft
  - REQUIRED for IPP Everywhere
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/
    draft-mcdonald-ipps-uri-scheme-13-20140703.pdf
    - ready for IETF Last Call - sending to RFC Editor

- IETF LDAP Printer Schema - working draft
  - RECOMMENDED for IPP Everywhere
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/
    draft-mcdonald-ldap-printer-schema-08-20140703.pdf
    - ready for IETF Last Call - sending to RFC Editor

- HCD Health Assessment TNC Binding - Prototype draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ids/wd/wd-idstnc10-20140508-rev.pdf
    - PWG reviewed on 15 May 2014
    - PWG Last Call in Q4 2014

- IPP Everywhere Self-Certification - Prototype draft
  - REQUIRED for PWG IPP Everywhere Logo usage
  - REQUIRED for Mopria Alliance and WiFi Direct Print Service
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/
    wd-ippeveselfcert10-20140826-rev.pdf
    - PWG reviewed on 13 August 2014
    - PWG Last Call in Q4 2014

- IPP Shared Infrastructure Extensions (INFRA) - Prototype draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippsix10-20140226-rev.pdf
    - PWG reviewed on 12 August 2014
    - PWG Last Call in Q1 2015
    - awaiting prototype reports and alignment w/ PWG Cloud Model
    - to be renamed to "IPPINFRA" (to avoid IPP version confusion)

- IPP Implementors Guide v2.0 (Best Practices) - Prototype draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippig20-20140814-rev.pdf
    - PWG reviewed on 14 August 2014
    - PWG Last Call in Q4 2014

- IPP System Control Service (SYSTEM) - Interim draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippsystem10-20140824.pdf
    - awaiting PWG review
    - PWG Last Call in Q2 2015

(8) Upcoming Standards Conferences (Ira)

- Trusted Computing Group in New Orleans, LA - 20-24 October 2014
  - http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/

- PWG Meeting in Waltham, MA (Conexant host) - 4-6 November 2014
  - http://www.pwg.org/chair/meeting-info/november_2014_waltham.html

Open Action Items

See 'ACTION' above

Next OP US/Europe Conference Calls

(1) October 2014 - US/Europe - OP Monthly Meeting

    - Note - TCG in New Orleans, LA - 20-24 October 2014

    - Tuesday 7 October 2014, Daytime
      - US
        10am in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
        11am in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
        12pm in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
        1pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
      - Europe
        7pm in Berlin - CEST (Central European Summer Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-619-326-2730 (new number)
      Access Code:   491659#

(2) November 2014 - US/Europe - OP Monthly Meeting (tentative)

    - Note - PWG in Waltham, MA (Conexant is host) - 4-6 November 2014
    - Note - Europe Summer Time ends 26 October 2014
    - Note - US Daylight Savings Time ends 2 November 2014

    - Tuesday 11 November 2014, Daytime
      - US
        10am in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
        11am in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
        12pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
        1pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
      - Europe
        7pm in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-619-326-2730 (new number)
      Access Code:   491659#

(3) December 2014 - US/Europe - OP Monthly Meeting (tentative)

    - Note - start choosing 2015 Joint PWG/OPS agenda topics
    - Note - no PWG or TCG meetings in December 2014

    - Tuesday 2 December 2014, Daytime
      - US
        10am in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
        11am in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
        12pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
        1pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
      - Europe
        7pm in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-619-326-2730 (new number)
      Access Code:   491659#