[Bug 17401] duplicate Distributions in AppDB

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17401





--- Comment #3 from Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio at earthlink.net>  2009-05-25 11:30:56 ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> There is a way, I have cleaned up all the Ubuntu entries so they now follow a
> similar form.
> 
> 1. Select "View distributions"
> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=distribution&sTitle=View%20Distributions
> 2. Select a distribution (don't click on Edit), and select "Move child
> objects".
> 3. Select the distribution it should be merged with.
> 
> All test results are modified and the offending entry is deleted.  Works nice.
> 

You're right. Not very intuitive, but it's there. Thanks for pointing that out.
(I really should have a second cup of coffee before posting.) 

> Admins/maintainers can change the chosen distribution of a test result while it
> is in the queue, before accepting it.
> 
True, but obviously some admins/maintainers have been letting these duplicates
through, or they wouldn't have made it to the list in the first place. 

> I'd say this was fixed, but I'll leave that decision up to someone else. ;-)

We should probably take a look at all the distros on the list; I know openSUSE,
at least, has a similar problem, and others might as well.

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