June 26, 2009
12:52 a.m.
Vitaliy Margolen wrote: > Ken Sharp wrote: >> Because the AppDB isn't supposed to be a forum. > Who said that? It was _the_ only "official forum" long before > forum.winehq.org came to be. > >> I can see no useful reason for keeping old comments > I can name several reasons: > 1. Apps that don't change much and old problems still exit (years later) > 2. Historical records of what got eventually fixed or worked around. Useful > if anyone wants to test old Wine version. Or do the same bad things. > 3. Problems that still apply to lots of other applications. Or all games run > under Steam. > 4. Lots of new problems are well forgotten old problems. > 5. Knowledge never gets old. > > What are the reasons to remove old comments, other then being too slow to > refresh page? You've just described what notes are for. > >> I would also like to point out that comments being deleted has been >> standard since long before I'd even heard of Wine. > I've only heard of few such cases, mostly with hot games like WoW or > programs like IE. Former had too much noise and same problems over and over > again. Later had too much of invalid / obsolete information. Neither is the > case with Steam. > >> Nobody said anything when I raised this: >> http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18287 > All the bug talks about is how painful it is to remove comments. Now why > they should be removed, where that information is published for _everyone_ > to see, comment, discuss. Because it's bloody obvious or THEY WOULDN'T BE REMOVED LONG BEFORE I STARTED DOING IT. > > > Vitaliy >