Re: [LONG :-)] Some ramblings about the Wine Application Database

2000-12-30 Thread Lionel Ulmer
I strongly agree with what both of you have suggested; I particularly think Francois is correct to suggest that we resolve some of the hierarchy/name space issues with keywords. I have one problem with keywords is that I do not trust anyone to enter 'correct' informations :-) IMHO, the more

[LONG :-)] Some ramblings about the Wine Application Database

2000-12-28 Thread lionel . ulmer
I expand here on the ideas developped by Jeremy in his mail to the wine-devel mailing list [1] to create a new improved Wine application database (I had a bit of time on my hands during these vacations without a Linux PC but with a text editor :-) ). I) Goals = The ultimate goals of

Re: [LONG :-)] Some ramblings about the Wine Application Database

2000-12-28 Thread Bret Mogilefsky
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 03:13:55PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if you add games, the situation is different again. Should we have : LucasArts Monkey Island 1 2 3 4 Or : LucasArts Monkey Island 1 Monkey Island 2 While I understand the

Re: [LONG :-)] Some ramblings about the Wine Application Database

2000-12-28 Thread Francois Gouget
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Bret Mogilefsky wrote: On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 03:13:55PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if you add games, the situation is different again. Should we have : [...] Similar titles do not mean they are anything like each other inside. I agree with you on this

Re: [LONG :-)] Some ramblings about the Wine Application Database

2000-12-28 Thread Francois Gouget
This email is full of good ideas but I would like to first put the emphasis on what I believe are the most important features to get an application database that actually works, i.e. contains up-to-date, useful and relevant information: * allow multiple user comments for each application

Re: [LONG :-)] Some ramblings about the Wine Application Database

2000-12-28 Thread Jon
Hi, One thing that needs to be mentioned is if an app runs without a real windows installation. IMO there should be 2 ratings; with and without an offical O/S installed. This is important because the difference between the two gives us a clearer picture of how much work is outstanding on

Re: [LONG :-)] Some ramblings about the Wine Application Database

2000-12-28 Thread Jeremy White
Wow! Just when you think a thread had gone into the black hole...g I strongly agree with what both of you have suggested; I particularly think Francois is correct to suggest that we resolve some of the hierarchy/name space issues with keywords. Also, I think it's vital that in addition to a