Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-10 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
> > > > 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. > > > > -- > > Rosanne DiMesio > > > > Rosanne, > > I think thats a good idea. Coul

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-07 Thread Zachary Goldberg
Quick clarification on the 'When': WHEN: 9PM UTC 2/13/09 As far as getting dirty i'm officially covered in mud: http://repo.or.cz/w/NewAppDB.git Thus far i've been working in a branch called "survey". http://repo.or.cz/w/NewAppDB.git?a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/survey If you're interested in get

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-07 Thread IneedAname
On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 01:20:47 -0500 Zachary Goldberg wrote: > Comments? Can we have a wiki like change log for the notes in the AppDB to see whats be changed when and by who. Can we have a easy way for maintainers to (plan check for bugs give there system spec and so on). Sorry my spelling has

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-07 Thread Zachary Goldberg
2009/2/7 Rosanne DiMesio : > > 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. > > -- > Rosanne DiMesio > > > Rosanne, I think thats a good idea

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-07 Thread Chris Morgan
> > 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 imagin

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-07 Thread nn
Yes I agree. AppDB admin backend enhancements http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16357 --- On Sat, 7/2/09, Rosanne DiMesio wrote: > From: Rosanne DiMesio > Subject: Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all > To: wine-devel@winehq.org > Received: Saturday, 7 February, 20

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-07 Thread 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

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-06 Thread Zachary Goldberg
All, 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

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-06 Thread Zachary Goldberg
Alright, this is on for tonight at 6PM EST. If you've any interest or opinion of how the AppDB rating system should be upgraded I encourage you to attend and/or check the wiki afterwards to see what was decided. --Zach

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-04 Thread nicholas . g . lawrence
How about determining how well an individual app is represented by the test suite? The better the test suite replicates the behaviour of the app, the more likely wine is to support the app. nick *** WARNING: This e-mail (includ

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-04 Thread Zachary Goldberg
If you have interest in the future of the AppDB please make sure your ideas are in or referenced by the agenda on the wiki. I think things will go much smoother if we discuss line items from the agenda one by one rather than a random chaos. http://wiki.winehq.org/AppDBUpgrades

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-04 Thread IneedAname
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:02:12 +0100 Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes wrote: > What if we add a small questionnaire which will then pick the approprite > Gold/Silver ... rating? That what I like to see.

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Austin English
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Zachary Goldberg wrote: > All, > > So it seems to be almost every other day now when somebody mentions > how broken the appdb rating system is. This "broken-ness" has had > several high level discussions on Wine-Devel. There have also been > many, many proposed s

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Branan Riley
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Zachary Goldberg wrote: > All, > > So it seems to be almost every other day now when somebody mentions > how broken the appdb rating system is. This "broken-ness" has had > several high level discussions on Wine-Devel. There have also been > many, many proposed so

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread James Mckenzie
Zachary Goldberg >Sent: Feb 3, 2009 12:27 PM >To: James Mckenzie >Cc: Wine Devel , Jeremy Newman >Subject: Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all > >2009/2/3 James Mckenzie : >> This would be too early for people on the West Coast of the United States by >> about thre

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Scott Ritchie
Zachary Goldberg wrote: > All, > > So it seems to be almost every other day now when somebody mentions > how broken the appdb rating system is. This "broken-ness" has had > several high level discussions on Wine-Devel. There have also been > many, many proposed solutions to this problem. > > I

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes
Tirsdag 03 februar 2009 20:27:25 skrev Zachary Goldberg: > 2009/2/3 James Mckenzie : > > This would be too early for people on the West Coast of the United States > > by about three hours. > > > > No time will be satisfactory for all people who work on this project. > > > > What I feel is necessary

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Zachary Goldberg
2009/2/3 Sparr : > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Louis Lenders > wrote: >> Zachary Goldberg bluesata.com> writes: >> I think this will be a very difficult if not impossible task to accomplish. >> If we talk about test results, it's the app maintainer that is responsible >> for the correctness o

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Sparr
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Louis Lenders wrote: > Zachary Goldberg bluesata.com> writes: > I think this will be a very difficult if not impossible task to accomplish. > If we talk about test results, it's the app maintainer that is responsible > for the correctness of the ratings and test re

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Louis Lenders
Zachary Goldberg bluesata.com> writes: > > All, > > So it seems to be almost every other day now when somebody mentions > how broken the appdb rating system is. This "broken-ness" has had > several high level discussions on Wine-Devel. There have also been > many, many proposed solutions to t

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Detlef Riekenberg
On Di, 2009-02-03 at 12:19 -0700, James Mckenzie wrote: > What I feel is necessary at this point is to collect who lives in what > time zone so that we incovience as few people as possible. I added a TZ column long ago, when the developer list was on the Fontpage. The infos are now here: http://

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Zachary Goldberg
2009/2/3 James Mckenzie : > This would be too early for people on the West Coast of the United States by > about three hours. > > No time will be satisfactory for all people who work on this project. > > What I feel is necessary at this point is to collect who lives in what time > zone so that we

Re: Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread James Mckenzie
Zachary Goldberg >Sent: Feb 3, 2009 10:44 AM >To: Wine Devel >Cc: Jeremy Newman >Subject: Fixing AppDB once and for all > >All, >Lets (arbitrarily) set a time for the chat at: > >When: 11PM UTC (6PM EST) 2/6/09 (Friday) >Where: #winehackers > This would be too e

Fixing AppDB once and for all

2009-02-03 Thread Zachary Goldberg
All, So it seems to be almost every other day now when somebody mentions how broken the appdb rating system is. This "broken-ness" has had several high level discussions on Wine-Devel. There have also been many, many proposed solutions to this problem. I do not wish to discuss these problems or