AppDB: Rating / Patching

Nathaniel Gray n8gray at gmail.com
Tue Jan 6 11:42:48 CST 2009


On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> Now, the story changes if the patch is conforming and has been accepted
>> by AJ and is pending the next development release.
>>
> Then the next development release can get the gold, but previous ones still shouldn't. AppDB test ratings are tied to specific releases, and intended to tell normal users how different versions of Wine will work with their app. Patching Wine is not something normal users can or want to do, and allowing ratings based on patched versions of Wine is misleading, even if the patch does eventually make it in to a later release.

It sounds like the problem is that the version string in appdb isn't
descriptive enough.  It's perfectly reasonable to wonder if a given
program can be made to work with a patched version of wine, and wonder
how well it will work.  It's also reasonable to wonder how it will
work with a vanilla version.  Both types of reports are useful to have
in the appdb.  Having a version "x.x.x (patched)" available to
reporters would allow both types of reports to be clearly separated.

Cheers,
-n8

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Nathan Gray
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