Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-08 Thread Ben Klein
2009/3/8 Rosanne DiMesio : > On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:20:26 +1100 > Ben Klein wrote: > >> 2009/3/8 Austin English : >> > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Ben Klein wrote: >> >> 2009/3/8 Austin English : >> >>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM, James McKenzie >> >>> wrote: >> Codeweavers supports

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Vincent Povirk
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Rosanne DiMesio wrote: > My concern is with maintainer-written howtos that call for PlayOnLinux or > Ies4Linux, because they mislead users into believing they are supported here. > Is there a consensus that they don't belong in the AppDB? Or maybe they should be

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:20:26 +1100 Ben Klein wrote: > 2009/3/8 Austin English : > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Ben Klein wrote: > >> 2009/3/8 Austin English : > >>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM, James McKenzie > >>> wrote: > Codeweavers supports Wine and provides a lot of assistance

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Ben Klein
2009/3/8 Austin English : > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Ben Klein wrote: >> 2009/3/8 Austin English : >>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM, James McKenzie >>> wrote: Codeweavers supports Wine and provides a lot of assistance with fixing bugs.  I have not seen a Cedega provide a patch

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Austin English
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Ben Klein wrote: > 2009/3/8 Austin English : >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM, James McKenzie >> wrote: >>> Codeweavers supports Wine and provides a lot of assistance with fixing >>> bugs.  I have not seen a Cedega provide a patch in a long time. >>> >>> James McK

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Ben Klein
2009/3/8 Austin English : > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM, James McKenzie > wrote: >> Codeweavers supports Wine and provides a lot of assistance with fixing >> bugs.  I have not seen a Cedega provide a patch in a long time. >> >> James McKenzie > > Yes, they do, but it's NOT wine. If someone ment

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Austin English
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:46 PM, James McKenzie wrote: > Sparr wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ben Klein wrote: >> >>> "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,

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread James McKenzie
Sparr wrote: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ben Klein wrote: > >> "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

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread James McKenzie
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.

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 06:19:37 +1100 Ben Klein wrote: > 2009/3/8 IneedAname : > > On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 00:10:59 +1100 > > Ben Klein wrote: > > > >> A wiki is likely to be highly unsuccessful for AppDB when the focus is > >> on test data. > > > > I'm thing about the notes made by the app maintainers.

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Ben Klein
2009/3/8 IneedAname : > On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 00:10:59 +1100 > Ben Klein wrote: > >> A wiki is likely to be highly unsuccessful for AppDB when the focus is >> on test data. > > I'm thing about the notes made by the app maintainers. > Not the whole AppDB. Then it's just wasted effort. There is no ben

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread IneedAname
On Sun, 8 Mar 2009 00:10:59 +1100 Ben Klein wrote: > A wiki is likely to be highly unsuccessful for AppDB when the focus is > on test data. I'm thing about the notes made by the app maintainers. Not the whole AppDB.

Re: Whither AppDB? (was: Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by)

2009-03-07 Thread Ben Klein
Regarding the changelog/history, it'd even be possible to use git to >> manage AppDB entries. It's perfectly possible to implement a complete >> history without moving to a wiki, but in my opinion only admins should >> have access to the history. > > > At present

Whither AppDB? (was: Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by)

2009-03-07 Thread David Gerard
2009/3/7 Ben Klein : > A wiki is likely to be highly unsuccessful for AppDB when the focus is > on test data. I would have thought the focus would be on being useful to users. > Regarding the changelog/history, it'd even be possible to use git to > manage AppDB entrie

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread Ben Klein
the history. A wiki is likely to be highly unsuccessful for AppDB when the focus is on test data. Regarding the changelog/history, it'd even be possible to use git to manage AppDB entries. It's perfectly possible to implement a complete history without moving to a wiki, but in my opinio

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-07 Thread IneedAname
On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:36:11 +0100 Klaus Layer wrote: > Rozanne just deleted an entry which was > maintained by me. According to the email I received, there were duplicated > entries for the programm Mapsource. I regard deleting entries from Appdb > without giving the maintainer a chance to ba

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Austin English
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Ben Klein wrote: > 2009/3/7 Sparr : >> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ben Klein wrote: >>> "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

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Austin English
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Sparr wrote: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ben Klein wrote: >> "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 h

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Klein
2009/3/7 Sparr : > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ben Klein wrote: >> "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 i

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Sparr
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Ben Klein wrote: > "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

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Klein
2009/3/7 James McKenzie : > Ben Klein wrote: >> 2009/3/7 James Mckenzie : >> >>> Also, please be aware that entries referring to ReactOS, PlayonLinux and >>> Crossover are also being removed.  The latter is actually biting the hand >>> that feeds us.  CodeWeavers, the producers of Crossover, host

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread James McKenzie
Ben Klein wrote: > 2009/3/7 James Mckenzie : > >> Also, please be aware that entries referring to ReactOS, PlayonLinux and >> Crossover are also being removed. The latter is actually biting the hand >> that feeds us. CodeWeavers, the producers of Crossover, host WineHQ. What >> might be a

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Ben Klein
2009/3/7 James Mckenzie : > Also, please be aware that entries referring to ReactOS, PlayonLinux and > Crossover are also being removed.  The latter is actually biting the hand > that feeds us.  CodeWeavers, the producers of Crossover, host WineHQ.  What > might be a better idea is to state: It

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread James Mckenzie
Austin English wrote on March 6th: >Sent: Mar 6, 2009 4:47 PM >To: James Mckenzie >Cc: Wine Develop >Subject: Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by >Rozanne > >On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:44 PM, James Mckenzie > wrote: >> Austin Engl

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread David Gerard
2009/3/6 Austin English : > Codeweavers has their own AppDB type system: > http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/ That's no reason not to mention them, if the point is to help the reader. - d.

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Austin English
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:44 PM, James Mckenzie wrote: > Austin English wrote on March 6: >>Sent: Mar 6, 2009 1:42 PM >>To: Klaus Layer , Rosanne DiMesio >>Cc: Wine Develop >>Subject: Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by   >> Roza

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread James Mckenzie
Austin English wrote on March 6: >Sent: Mar 6, 2009 1:42 PM >To: Klaus Layer , Rosanne DiMesio >Cc: Wine Develop >Subject: Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by >Rozanne > >On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Klaus Layer wrote: >> Hi all,

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread David Gerard
2009/3/6 Rosanne DiMesio : > I have not been deleting entries per se; I have on occasion merged duplicate > entries using "Move child objects." However, I was unaware until now that not > everything in the merged entry was being transferred when I did this. I > apologize for that; I did not rea

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
gt;> > >> -- > >> -Austin > >> > > > > He/she never gave any notice. I just noticed that several weeks ago another > > program has being deleted by that person. Are there any policies for > > deleting > > AppDB entries? Is there a way to resto

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Zachary Goldberg
gt; > > He/she never gave any notice. I just noticed that several weeks ago another > program has being deleted by that person. Are there any policies for deleting > AppDB entries? Is there a way to restore the deleted entries? > > Regards, > > Klaus > > > > If the

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Klaus Layer
weeks ago another program has being deleted by that person. Are there any policies for deleting AppDB entries? Is there a way to restore the deleted entries? Regards, Klaus signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Austin English
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Klaus Layer wrote: > Hi all, > > since several months a user Rozanne is changing AppDB entries without > contacting the maintainers. Most of the changes so far were minor changes. > But today I was informed that Rozanne just deleted an entry which w

AppDB entries are being delete without contacting maintainer by Rozanne

2009-03-06 Thread Klaus Layer
Hi all, since several months a user Rozanne is changing AppDB entries without contacting the maintainers. Most of the changes so far were minor changes. But today I was informed that Rozanne just deleted an entry which was maintained by me. According to the email I received, there were

Re: AppDB entries

2007-09-11 Thread Darragh Bailey
I think it is important for overview. So what about a new > > structure like "application / version / derived from version(subversion)"? > > > > Julian I think the problem with some of the AppDB entries is more with patches. For many games the subsequent versions after th

Re: AppDB entries

2007-08-30 Thread Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes
Torsdag 30 august 2007 13:19, skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Hi, > sometimes app-entries (like Acrobat Reader) are for series of > applications and versions for the single applications. Sometimes there > are app-entries(like Age of Empires) for single applications in a series > and version-entries for

AppDB entries

2007-08-30 Thread speedator
Hi, sometimes app-entries (like Acrobat Reader) are for series of applications and versions for the single applications. Sometimes there are app-entries(like Age of Empires) for single applications in a series and version-entries for patches, betas, demos etc.. And sometimes it is a mixture. What

approval of appdb entries?

2006-05-08 Thread Molle Bestefich
Who do I have to give a rim job if I want to be able to commit new applications to the AppDB without waiting for approval? Waiting for approval before being able to upload screenshots etc. sucks!