Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Frédéric Delanoy
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:49 AM, Rosanne DiMesio dime...@earthlink.netwrote: On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:47:25 -0400 Christopher Cope cco...@utk.edu wrote: I understand the premise, but I disagree. A lot of apps that I use don't have maintainers. However, the comments are typically helpful. I

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
On Thu, 2 May 2013 11:35:28 +0200 Frédéric Delanoy frederic.dela...@gmail.com wrote: That seems a bit harsh: you probably can't expect users to follow workarounds scattered across associated bugs, can you? I do it every day. Furthermore, there's already a comment telling sthg along the

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Frédéric Delanoy
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Rosanne DiMesio dime...@earthlink.netwrote: On Thu, 2 May 2013 11:35:28 +0200 Frédéric Delanoy frederic.dela...@gmail.com wrote: Furthermore, there's already a comment telling sthg along the lines of this program wasn't tested with a recent wine version.

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Frédéric Delanoy
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Rosanne DiMesio dime...@earthlink.netwrote: On Thu, 2 May 2013 17:57:16 +0200 Frédéric Delanoy frederic.dela...@gmail.com wrote: This won't prevent it, but I'm not sure hiding/disabling comments won't do more harm than good. My opinion, based on close

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
--- On Thu, 2/5/13, Frédéric Delanoy frederic.dela...@gmail.com wrote: From: Frédéric Delanoy frederic.dela...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers To: Rosanne DiMesio dime...@earthlink.net, André Hentschel n...@dawncrow.de Cc

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
On Thu, 2 May 2013 23:26:24 +0100 (BST) Hin-Tak Leung ht...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: - volunteer is what it means: volunteer. To try to make anybody volunteer in any activity any manner which is less than whole-heartedly willingly, sounds wrong. Nobody's trying to make anyone

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-05-02 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
-- On Fri, May 3, 2013 00:35 BST Rosanne DiMesio wrote: On Thu, 2 May 2013 23:26:24 +0100 (BST) Hin-Tak Leung ht...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: - volunteer is what it means: volunteer. To try to make anybody volunteer in any activity any manner which is less

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-04-28 Thread Christopher Cope
I understand the premise, but I disagree. A lot of apps that I use don't have maintainers. However, the comments are typically helpful. I believe this should be approached differently. André Hentschel n...@dawncrow.de wrote: Am 28.04.2013 18:57, schrieb Rosanne DiMesio: Forced moderation of

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-04-28 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:47:25 -0400 Christopher Cope cco...@utk.edu wrote: I understand the premise, but I disagree. A lot of apps that I use don't have maintainers. However, the comments are typically helpful. I believe this should be approached differently. So volunteer to be a

Re: [AppDB] version: Only display comments section in case version has maintainers

2013-04-28 Thread Rosanne DiMesio
So volunteer to be a maintainer. That is all good and well, but most of the time I check the wine page before I buy a game. If there are no maintainers and this is active, there will be no comments, I will be unsure about the likelihood of it working. Reports would still be helpful,