AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

James McKenzie jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Sat Mar 7 17:44:57 CST 2009


Ben Klein wrote:
> [cut to conserve space and to get to the point]
> appdb.winehq.org is for Wine application test data. If a user submits
> test data that says "Garbage" in Wine, with an additional comment that
> says "I was able to get this working in Crossover Office", I don't
> have a problem. However, if the test data is entirely for Crossover,
> or RecatOS, Cedega or WineX for that matter, it does not belong on
> AppDB.
>   
I agree with the use of the Wine Applications Database with these
restrictions.  I don't want to see products listed that do not conform
to the same standards as Wine.
>
> "Rating: Garbage
> What works: Installer
> What doesn't work: Starting the game
> What wasn't tested: N/A
> Additional comments: This works in Crossover Games, but not in Wine"
> ^^ I don't have a problem with this. (If it mentioned Cedega/WineX or
> ReactOS, I'd probably remove the additional comment, but leave the
> test data intact. CodeWeavers products are a special case :) )
>
>   
I think this is the point.  Crossover, yes.  The rest of the stuff, no. 
And this is exactly what I was talking about.  If it does not work in
Wine, rating: Garbage, not Plat, Gold or Bronze.

James McKenzie





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