[Openicc] colord information

[Robert Krawitz]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:07:08 +0100, edmund ronald wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Robert Krawitz <rlk at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:33:22 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
>>> On 11 February 2011 10:34, edmund ronald <edmundronald at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I like virtual users for interface design work, because they focus (or
>>>> detour) the imagination in a way just staring at the screen cannot
>>>> achieve.
>>>
>>> The problem with virtual users is that it's very easy to devise
>>> oddball use cases that doesn't represent the majority, or that you can
>>> easily test with. This leads to feature creep.
>>>
>>> I think feature creep is a *huge* problem in open source software.
>>
>> No argument there, but this kind of thing is also what pushes the
>> envelope with new capabilities.
>
> Ok, I have an idea, Robert, from now on we drop support for any
> printer that costs more than $500 from Gutenprint, because clearly
> these printers are used by less than 1% of consumers, and also they
> are well served by commercial software. And we also drop support for
> any gamut that is outside sRGB as 99% of all imagery is sRGB by
> default.

I've actually had seriously-intended suggestions that amount to that.
I ignore them.