[Openicc] Drop size calibration

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Alastair M. Robinson wrote:
>
> Well, it's true that this discussion has gone down a very specialized alley, 
> but it sprung up as a result of discussing how open source systems should 
> handle linearization and profiling of printers, which is well within the 
> OpenICC remit.

If we were to bound the various topics in the relevant Venn diagrams, 
this lengthy discussion would not be bounded.  Notice that this 
mailing list is here to support freedesktop.org which has this stated 
purpose:

   "freedesktop.org is open source / open discussion software projects
    working on interoperability and shared technology for X Window
    System desktops. The most famous X desktops are GNOME and KDE, but
    developers working on any Linux/UNIX GUI technology are welcome to
    participate."

Notice the focus on interoperabilty and shared technology.  In order 
for this list to be generally useful (as was originally planned), 
detailed discussion of underlying problem domains should not bubble up 
to the list unless it is important to the interfacing with other 
subsystems or is otherwise of general interest.  The focus should be 
on features, interfacing, and specifications.

It is good that there is so much printing expertise in the open source 
world but the lengthy discussions of low-level printing issues are 
thoroughly drowning out any other possible discussion and will surely 
drive expertise in other domains away from the list.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
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GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/