appdb rating inflation

[Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes]

Onsdag 03 januar 2007 21:46, skrev Kari Hurtta:
> "Chris Morgan" <chmorgan at gmail.com> writes in 
gmane.comp.emulators.wine.devel:
> > On 03 Jan 2007 16:34:21 +0200, Kari Hurtta <hurtta+gmane at siilo.fmi.fi> 
wrote:
> > > "Dan Kegel" <dank at kegel.com> writes in gmane.comp.emulators.wine.devel:
> > > > The appdb says
> > > > "Only applications which install and run flawlessly on an
> > > > out-of-the-box Wine installation make it to the Platinum list"
> > >
> > > Yes.  Also on front page http://appdb.winehq.org/ on first item:
> > >
> > > The Top-10 Platinum List
> > >
> > > Ragnarok Online All Versions
> > >
> > > http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=928
> > >
> > > Maintainer's Rating:    Platinum
> > >
> > >
> > > Description:            What was not tested
> > >
> > >                          * Installation. That was not necessary because
> > > I already installed it in Windows - I'm just running RO from the
> > > Windows partition.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So that appdb classification is complete garbage.
> > >
> > > If Platinum requires that installation works out of box, and
> > > tester did even tested installation and still gives platinium.
> > >
> > >
> > > So first item on http://appdb.winehq.org/ says "don't trust me".
> > >
> > > / Kari Hurtta
> > >
> > >
> > > ( Some other maintenaivers have give rating 'Garbage' for this
> > > application :-) )
> >
> > I agree, the rating isn't correct. We aren't going to be able to avoid
> > issues with mis-rated applications though, so discussing language
> > changes is only going to clarify the issue not entirely prevent them.
> >
> > In this case the maintainer of the application should be made aware of
> > this issue and should take care of correcting the rating.
> >
> > Chris
>
> Yes. However there may be another test for this application, which may
> be correctly rated platinium:
>         http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=928&iTestingId=8032
>
> On that test, installation is tested:
> |         What works
> |         Installing the game, patching, launching the game from the
> | directory. Sound worked flawlessly. Runs as fast as on win32 at 1024x768
> | (full detail).
>
> http://appdb.winehq.org/   platinium list's first item should point
> to that test instead.
>
>
> Perhaps    appdb should check that   "Installs?" and "Runs?"   column on
> particular test have "Yes", before it accept "Platinum" to "Rating"
> column ?

For test results?  It already does that.

>
>
> / Kari Hurtta