Re: [Wine] The pros and cons of a wiki AppDB

[James Mckenzie]

-----Original Message-----
> From: David Gerard 
> Sent: Mar 8, 2009 6:59 AM
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> Cc: Wine 
> Subject: Re: [Wine] The pros and cons of a wiki AppDB
>
> 2009/3/7 IneedAname :
> > On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 20:10:13 +0000
> > David Gerard  wrote:
> > > Yep. That's why a wiki is nice. If you open it up to everyone to
> > > contribute, you'll get bad stuff but you'll get good stuff you just
> > > wouldn't get otherwise. It's a great format to capture that.
> > We would use the same system for edit rights that we use now.
> > Make appDB account then ask to be a maintainer then you can edit the wiki page for that app.
> > The wiki is only for application notes.
> > Anyone can read the wiki history.
> > Con:
> > It would be very hard to set up.
>
> Con: Becoming a maintainer is a pain in the backside. You won't get
> useful drive-by contributions, and a lot of this stuff is drive-by.

Example?  I've been a maintainer for over a year now.  I've received two postings for the program.  I don't think a lot of Linux and Mac users are using the program, or they are not experiencing problems.  I will update the entry, now that you have reminded me to do so.
> > Do not cross post or you may up set people with power.
>
> So when we're talking about a service to users, you're saying "God
> forbid we ask the users"?

We are discussing what is a development issue.  We really don't need to confuse users with this.  Besides, I don't think most users really care if we are using a Wiki or a Web Application to record what is hsppening with Applications and their ability to run on Wine.

James McKenzie
> - d.