On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes alex@thehandofagony.com wrote:
It might not be a good idea, but we could always introduce a new rating so that we have
Garbage: No functionality, impossible to set up Bronze: Somewhat functional, may require hacks Silver: Mostly functional, requires hacks Gold: Mostly functional, does not require hacks Ivory: Fully functional, requires hacks Platinum: Fully functional, does not require hacks
Not saying it's a good idea.
Too complicated. Reminds me of the us government's terror threat level index :-)
Otherwise, adding a 'difficulty' field sounds interesting. This would allow users to easily avoid apps that require a really complicated work-around, such as patching and compiling Wine. Then we could also add an option to turn on warnings if an app requires a crack, or we could censor it automatically based on GeoIP data.
Tempting but I think ultimately too complicated. I think we should stick with a single rating scheme that requires 'no fiddling' for gold or platinum.