Appdb as application regression finder

[James Hawkins]

On 9/27/06, Tom Spear <speeddymon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/27/06, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> > On 9/27/06, Tom Spear <speeddymon at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 9/27/06, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> > > > Also, I'd like to see us add a checkbox which is the equivalent of
> > > > the 'download' keyword.  That would let people who want to work
> > > > on problems find ones that don't require purchasing software.
> > >
> > > One thing that might make this a little more helpful (or at least a
> little
> > > more clear) would be if we split the download keyword into separate
> keywords
> > > for trial version downloads, and freeware version downloads, and
> possibly
> > > open source downloads.  That way we know without having to navigate the
> > > software publishers' site whether it is freely downloadable, open
> source, or
> > > trialware.  That should make it a little easier to help separate bugs
> that
> > > appear in the full version but not in the trial version, from ones that
> > > appear in the trial but not the full.
> >
> > I haven't run into too many of those.  I'm afraid it might be too much
> > information...
> >
>
> Mind if I ask how so?  Many games bugs cant be properly diagnosed because
> the bug occurs somewhere that the trial version doesnt include.
>
>

We've run into this before with the Warhammer 40k installer.  When we
find that the downloadable trial version works, but the cd installer
doesn't, we take off the download keyword.  Adding more than one type
of download keyword will add too much noise with absolutely no
benefit.

-- 
James Hawkins