appdb rating inflation

[Tony Lambregts]

Kari Hurtta 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.

This App is definately not platinum. It does not "run flawlessly out of the
box". I changed the maintainer rating to gold

> 
> 
> 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 :-) )


Testing results are different from maintainer ratings although they use the same
scale (in other words your results may vary)

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Tony Lambregts