[Bug 42283] New: info user to fill a bug report if test report is worse than latest

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42283

Bug ID: 42283
           Summary: info user to fill a bug report if test report is worse
                    than latest
           Product: WineHQ Apps Database
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: appdb-unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

If you look at wine weekly news there are lots of applications that have been
improved but also some that have regressed.

I think it would be good to add a logic there.

If this version of wine is higher than last report one and the status is worse
than last report. Then the website should print message to the test data
reporter to fill a bug report at bug tracker.

Or if the application has maintainer, maybe he should be informed with the
message.

[Bug 42283] info user to fill a bug report if test report is worse than latest

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42283

--- Comment #1 from Rosanne DiMesio  ---
This is a very bad idea.

Just because one user's rating is lower than someone else's earlier one does
not mean there is a regression. Users vary widely in experience, and some
people get bad results simply because they don't know what they're doing.
Conversely, there are also experienced users who give lower ratings because
they do understand what they are doing--false platinums from users who didn't
bother to read the rating definitions are a major problem. Differences in the
host systems, esp. graphics hardware and drivers. can also lead to widely
varying results. None of these things are bugs in Wine.

As for notifying maintainers, they already know, since they are the ones who
have to approve all test reports submitted for their entries. Maintainers and
admins already have a common reply to use in cases they believe warrant a bug
report:

"Please consider filing a bug report (http://wiki.winehq.org/Bugs) if one does
not exist already. If you are new to Bugzilla, consider asking for help at
http://forum.winehq.org. Please remember to link your app to the bug report in
the AppDB to help other users in the future."

[Bug 42283] info user to fill a bug report if test report is worse than latest

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42283

[e-mail] changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |ABANDONED

--- Comment #2 from [e-mail] ---
Not so great idea then.

[Bug 42283] info user to fill a bug report if test report is worse than latest

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42283

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #3 from Austin English  ---
Closing.