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 with a more structured survey where we can get specific bits of data.
The premise is to turn the current system of 'please tell me how it went' to a more formal 'give us a full formal (and consistent) report of *how* you ran the app and your experience thereafter'.
To accomplish this the idea is two have a survey with two major sections, an "Install" and a "Runtime". Each section strives to get information as to how much progress was made in [installing/running] and how hard it was to make that progress. From there we can generate much more detailed and objective information about how well an application runs. There are several ideas for how to determine an overall 'rating' based on this information.
There is all of this in much more detail on the wiki, just wanted to give a brief summary.
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 imagine I'll setup and email a public .git (that isn't live to winehq) for development. Stay tuned for that.
The major open issue is still how to determine a rating and how to display whatever rating. To decide this issue I think we should have another meeting next Friday.
What: Meeting #2 to discuss ratings: Where: #winehackers on irc.freenode.net When: 9PM UTC
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