[Bug 9702] New: AppDB front page doesn' t handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

Summary: AppDB front page doesn't handle obsolete versions of
                    online games
           Product: WineHQ Apps Database
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: website-bugs
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

The AppDB front page shows a version of WoW that is obsolete as a Gold rating.
I believe this is because the page is generated via the number of votes users
place against an app, and doesn't take into account whether the version is no
longer live.

This is a self-feeding issue, as people will come to the page and place votes
against the version they see (people are lazy), not what they actually use -
thus further feeding it's high-vote count and leaving it on the front page.
> From email discussion with Alexander Sørnes and Chris Morgan:

Alexander:
How is the following:

We add an 'obsolete' checkbox on the version edit page, with a help text 
explaining that this should be used in cases where the version can no longer 
be used because it depends on connecting to a server etc.
When a user checks this, he is asked which version its votes should be moved 
to, and it is no longer possible to vote for that version.

[Bug 9702] AppDB front page doesn' t handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #1 from Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes   2007-09-18 11:11:55 ---
That option has been added, but apparently the maintainers of WoW haven't used
it.  Notify them or become a maintainer yourself; this is no longer a software
problem.

[Bug 9702] AppDB front page doesn' t handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

--- Comment #2 from Bleeter Yaluser   2007-09-18 15:57:18 ---
Whoops... /whistle

I am a maintainer ;)

Thanks for pointing out my own stupidity. At least there's a bugzilla entry
that tracks the change (he says, trying to dig himself out of the hole he's in)
:D

[Bug 9702] AppDB front page doesn' t handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

Bleeter Yaluser  changed:

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         Resolution|FIXED                       |

--- Comment #3 from Bleeter Yaluser   2007-09-21 19:12:25 ---
One thing I note that I cannot do, is mark an app as obsolete and *not* move
it's votes. I've set up a separate DB entry for WoW's public test servers, so
bug tracking etc., can be performed away from the live versions. This was
particularly helpful during the 2.2.0 public test, as undocumented DSound
behaviour was identified, and fixed before the game will go live. As such, the
test results will be irrelevant for the live version.

I won't be able to mark the 2.2.0 PTR as obsolete without moving votes - and I
don't want to move the votes as all PTR builds are not 'real' live.

Thoughts?

[Bug 9702] AppDB front page doesn' t handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

--- Comment #4 from Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes   2007-09-21 19:21:53 ---
I'm not sure I'm getting your point here.  Why would you want to have votes for
an obsolete version?

[Bug 9702] AppDB front page doesn' t handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

--- Comment #5 from Bleeter Yaluser   2007-09-21 20:02:21 ---
I worked around the problem with the 2.2.0 PTR (Public Test Realm) by deleting
the AppDB entry. However, I'm of the opinion (and willing to be corrected) that
versions shouldn't be deleted.

Now, there's no accounting for user stupidity, and as such there may be cases
where people vote for a PTR. As this version never reaches a 'live' state,
insofar as being a 'real' release, any votes that might get placed by a user
will currently be migrated - and I believe that this would be an inappropriate
action.

It's not that I want votes kept, I couldn't care less about votes against a
PTR. It's that I can't obsolete a PTR without migrating votes, which to my mind
'dirties' the released versions' vote count.

[Bug 9702] AppDB front page doesn' t handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

--- Comment #6 from Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes   2007-09-27 05:26:22 ---
If peopple vote for a PTR, chances are they would like developers to focus on
that version, or that they are more interested in playing that than the current
release.
These people are obviously interested in playing WoW, so they would want their
votes moved to the current WoW release when the test realm closes.

[Bug 9702] AppDB front page doesn' t handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #7 from Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes   2007-10-15 09:25:10 ---
Marking as fixed.

[Bug 9702] AppDB front page doesn't handle obsolete versions of online games

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9702

Ken Sharp  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #8 from Ken Sharp   2009-05-27 18:34:30 ---
Fixed.