[Openicc] Drop size calibration

[edmund ronald]

Basically, and instrument needs to calibrate, measure, and write ASCII
values to the ouput.

Why do we need this thing to be installable across multiple
distributions ? Create a small "virtual appliance" Linux box where the
binary driver works, and then distribute this virtual appliance to
people who can add a few wrappers to make it communicate with the
outside world - no X and no complicated software dependencies inside
the box.

My trust in a newly released hardware instrument is usually exactly
*zero* until I have tested it. Why should I trust an open-source
instrument driver that is not encapsulated  ? Guaranteeing output and
testing an instrument and its driver is the job of the hardware maker.

Edmund




> > I agree, but first things first -- let's figure out how to use them,
> > and then figure out how to put together tools necessary for a
> > reasonable workflow.
> >
> >    It seems that in the past, from what people have told me off-list,
> >    Xrite were willing to designate a maintainer who would distribute
> >    binaries, maybe one distribution could be chosen for users who just
> >    want to get on with their work, and act as a reference
> >    implementation under which everything *just works* ?
> >
> > Do you mean one particular Linux distribution?  I don't think that
> > that's going to fly very well.
> >
> >    Frankly, I think one could for the benefit of everybody consider
> >    that the driver of a piece of hardware is a part of the hardware,
> >    and if the supplier of the hardware is prepared to somehow finance
> >    or encourage the driver development and affirm they will support it
> >    then one should not oppose this on purely philosophical grounds.
> >