Fixing AppDB once and for all

[Rosanne DiMesio]

> 
> Meeting went well.  We had a good number of contributors for more than
> 2 hours.  Several outcomes from the meeting and a transcript are
> available on the wiki:
> 
> http://wiki.winehq.org/AppDBUpgrades
> 
> In Summary: We have a consensus that we want to replace the generic
> open questions we have now with a more structured survey where we can
> get specific bits of data.
> 
> The premise is to turn the current system of 'please tell me how it
> went' to a more formal 'give us a full formal (and consistent) report
> of *how* you ran the app and your experience thereafter'.
> 
> To accomplish this the idea is two have a survey with two major
> sections, an "Install" and a "Runtime".  Each section strives to get
> information as to how much progress was made in [installing/running]
> and how hard it was to make that progress.  From there we can generate
> much more detailed and objective information about how well an
> application runs.  There are several ideas for how to determine an
> overall 'rating' based on this information.
> 
> There is all of this in much more detail on the wiki, just wanted to
> give a brief summary.
> 
> Theres enough information from the discussion to begin moving forward
> with coding.  Andrew Riedi and I thus far are the volunteers to begin
> digging in.  If anybody else is interested in getting their hands
> dirty please do respond to this, and we'll work out how to get it
> done.  I imagine I'll setup and email a public .git (that isn't live
> to winehq) for development.  Stay tuned for that.
> 
> The major open issue is still how to determine a rating and how to
> display whatever rating.  To decide this issue I think we should have
> another meeting next Friday.
> 
> What: Meeting #2 to discuss ratings:
> Where: #winehackers on irc.freenode.net
> When: 9PM UTC
> 
> Comments?
> 
> 

Could we also have some discussion about improving the interface for admins/maintainers? I've found that the limitations of the current interface make it very difficult to do basic admin tasks. 

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Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio at earthlink.net>