Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
-- On Fri, May 3, 2013 00:35 BST Rosanne DiMesio wrote: >On Thu, 2 May 2013 23:26:24 +0100 (BST) >Hin-Tak Leung wrote: >> >> - "volunteer" is what it means: "volunteer". To try to make anybody >> "volunteer" in any activity any manner which is less than whole-he

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
On Thu, 2 May 2013 23:26:24 +0100 (BST) Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > > - "volunteer" is what it means: "volunteer". To try to make anybody > "volunteer" in any activity any manner which is less than whole-heartedly > willingly, sounds wrong. > Nobody's trying to make anyone volunteer. I doubt anyon

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
--- On Thu, 2/5/13, Frédéric Delanoy wrote: From: Frédéric Delanoy Subject: Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers To: "Rosanne DiMesio" , "André Hentschel" Cc: "Wine Devel" Date: Thursday, 2 May, 2013, 18:53

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Frédéric Delanoy
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Rosanne DiMesio wrote: > On Thu, 2 May 2013 17:57:16 +0200 > Frédéric Delanoy wrote: > > > > > This won't prevent it, but I'm not sure hiding/disabling comments won't > do > > more harm than good. > > My opinion, based on close to 5 years experience as an active Ap

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Frédéric Delanoy
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Rosanne DiMesio wrote: > On Thu, 2 May 2013 11:35:28 +0200 > Frédéric Delanoy wrote: > > Furthermore, there's already a comment telling sthg along the lines of > > "this program wasn't tested with a recent wine version". > > Isn't that sufficient already? > > > >

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
On Thu, 2 May 2013 11:35:28 +0200 Frédéric Delanoy wrote: > That seems a bit harsh: you probably can't expect users to follow > workarounds scattered across associated bugs, can you? > I do it every day. > Furthermore, there's already a comment telling sthg along the lines of > "this program w

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Frédéric Delanoy
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Rosanne DiMesio wrote: > On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:47:25 -0400 > Christopher Cope wrote: > > > I understand the premise, but I disagree. A lot of apps that I use don't > have maintainers. However, the comments are typically helpful. I believe > this should be approac

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-04-28 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
> > So volunteer to be a maintainer. > > > > > That is all good and well, but most of the time I check the wine page > before I buy a game. If there are no maintainers and this is active, > there will be no comments, I will be unsure about the likelihood of it > working. Reports would still be

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-04-28 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:47:25 -0400 Christopher Cope wrote: > I understand the premise, but I disagree. A lot of apps that I use don't have > maintainers. However, the comments are typically helpful. I believe this > should be approached differently. > So volunteer to be a maintainer. -- Ro

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-04-28 Thread Christopher Cope
I understand the premise, but I disagree. A lot of apps that I use don't have maintainers. However, the comments are typically helpful. I believe this should be approached differently. "André Hentschel" wrote: >Am 28.04.2013 18:57, schrieb Rosanne DiMesio: >> Forced moderation of comments coul