Do you feel apps get updated enough that there are enough instances of an app being reviewed more than once per release to change these results?
On Dec 5, 2007 6:52 PM, Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 06 December 2007 00:44:03 Zachary Goldberg wrote: > > Here are the updated results for when we only look at updates from App > > Maintainers. It also just so happens that that age of empires case > > you mentioned is in fact by a maintainer. Please respond and leave > > your opinion as to which is more worthwhile in the WWN. Perhaps i'll > > put both in different sections. > > > > The maintainer ratings are a field in the appVersions table, but they are not > as frequently updated as test results. > > An option might be to take the highest rating from each Wine version from the > test results and compare them. That would avoid many errors, but would still > not help in cases where apps are over-rated, such as with Age of Empires II. > > > Alexander > > > > (replaced dates with wine versions) > > Age of Empires II The Age of Kings: 2.x went from Silver (0.9.49) to > > Gold (0.9.50) > > TTPlayer 5.0.1 went from Silver (0.9.48) to Gold (0.9.50) > > Sid Meier's Civilization IV Civilization IV Beyond The Sword (3.13) > > went from Bronze (0.9.48) to Silver (0.9.50) > > Original War 1.08 went from Garbage (0.9.49) to Bronze (0.9.49) > > Call of Duty United Offensive: 1.5 went from Gold (0.9.34) to Platinum > > (0.9.48) Gothic 1.0x went from Bronze (0.9.48) to Garbage (0.9.50) > > Ys origin 1.1.0.0 - Adol Version went from Bronze (0.9.40) to Silver > > (0.9.49) Serif PhotoPlus PhotoPlus 11 went from Garbage (0.9.49) to Gold > > (0.9.50) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 5, 2007 6:18 PM, Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The problem of using test results as background for this is that they are > > > very dependent on the experience of each user. For instance some might be > > > unable to run a game because they have execshield or other stuff that > > > mess up Wine, or simply because they are not following the how-to > > > instructions. > > > > > > Take the Age of Empires II test report, for instance. The user has rated > > > it Gold even though the text on the main menu is displayed black instead > > > of white (on a dark background), and the game is a bit slow even on a > > > modern computer. > > > > > > > > > The alternative is to use the maintainer ratings, which are generally > > > more correct but updated far less frequently. > > > > > > > > > Alexander N. Sørnes > > > > > > On Thursday 06 December 2007 00:02:36 Zachary Goldberg wrote: > > > > I've finished coding a script which runs the necessary query to > > > > generate data (I download a database backup and run the queries on my > > > > local machine.). As a sampling (if anybody feels like tripple > > > > checking that the data is correct) of "Upgrades" (and some downgrades) > > > > from 11-27-2007 to 12-04-2007: > > > > > > > > Chromadrome 2 - Demo 1.0 (18165) went from Garbage (2007-11-25 > > > > 01:25:25) to Platinum (2007-12-02 11:50:43) > > > > Age of Empires II The Age of Kings: 2.x (18083) went from Silver > > > > (2007-11-15 15:58:30) to Gold (2007-11-30 16:30:18) > > > > Dreamweaver MX (18123) went from Silver (2007-07-22 03:17:03) to > > > > Garbage (2007-12-01 17:41:49) > > > > Call of Duty United Offensive: 1.5 (18163) went from Gold (2007-04-06 > > > > 07:46:23) to Platinum (2007-12-02 11:12:50) > > > > Crysis Single player demo (18094) went from Garbage (2007-11-06 > > > > 12:49:00) to Bronze (2007-12-01 03:25:13) > > > > Eschalon Book I Demo Demo (18029) went from Garbage (2007-11-22 > > > > 02:37:49) to Platinum (2007-11-29 03:11:20) > > > > Gothic 1.0x (18154) went from Bronze (2007-11-09 11:48:03) to Garbage > > > > (2007-12-02 09:21:57) > > > > Proteus 7.2 (18050) went from Garbage (2007-11-18 07:08:51) to Silver > > > > (2007-11-29 22:20:27) > > > > Ys origin 1.1.0.0 - Adol Version (18060) went from Bronze (2007-07-13 > > > > 00:20:48) to Silver (2007-11-30 01:38:14) > > > > Mp3tag v2.39 (17994) went from Platinum (2007-10-20 11:01:13) to Gold > > > > (2007-11-27 15:44:51) > > > > Crayon Release 1 (17988) went from Gold (2007-11-17 13:34:11) to > > > > Platinum (2007-11-27 11:30:05) > > > > Silencer 1.10.1 (18087) went from Silver (2007-11-16 15:04:45) to > > > > Platinum (2007-11-30 17:22:00) > > > > .NET Framework 2.0 (18042) went from Garbage (2007-11-29 10:07:26) to > > > > Platinum (2007-11-30 11:35:57) > > > > Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 1.60 (18057) went from > > > > Garbage (2007-10-17 11:44:55) to Bronze (2007-11-29 21:43:19) > > > > Safari 3.x Public Beta (18196) went from Garbage (2007-11-21 > > > > 03:21:32) to Bronze (2007-12-03 10:03:37) > > > > TTPlayer 5.0.1 (18191) went from Silver (2007-11-07 05:24:39) to Gold > > > > (2007-12-03 08:43:31) > > > > Sid Meier's Civilization IV Civilization IV Beyond The Sword (3.13) > > > > (18108) went from Bronze (2007-11-07 06:34:47) to Silver (2007-12-01 > > > > 10:08:49) > > > > Original War 1.08 (18041) went from Garbage (2007-11-18 19:59:13) to > > > > Bronze (2007-11-29 09:31:33) > > > > Half-Life 2 Half-Life: Source (17993) went from Garbage (2007-11-05 > > > > 14:08:10) to Platinum (2007-11-27 13:49:48) > > > > Serif PhotoPlus PhotoPlus 11 (18201) went from Garbage (2007-11-17 > > > > 17:02:33) to Gold (2007-12-03 12:40:39) > > > > MapSource 6.11.5 (18021) went from Silver (2007-10-17 05:19:10) to > > > > Gold (2007-11-28 18:11:37) > > > > Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Demo (18143) went from Garbage > > > > (2007-11-16 11:59:30) to Silver (2007-12-02 06:40:04) > > > > SimCity 4 1.1 638 Rush Hour (18148) went from Gold (2007-11-25 > > > > 14:58:28) to Bronze (2007-12-02 07:40:50) > > > > > > > > On Dec 5, 2007 5:50 PM, Ben Hodgetts (Enverex) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > > > Possibly, but on the other hand it could just as easily become > > > > > "Garbage" in the next release of Wine ;) > > > > > > > > > > (sorry, I already sent this once at the start of the day but emailed > > > > > it directly to the previous person rather than back to the list) > > > > > > > > > > Ben H. > > > > > > > > > > Tomas Zijdemans wrote: > > > > > > This is great :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Would it be a good idea to include major news from the appDB? > > > > > > Ex: "Photoshop cs2 has now reached Gold status" > > > > > > > > > > > > I think this would be very inspiring to users. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tomas > > > > > > > > > > > > Triton wrote: > > > > > >> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 18:23:10 -0500 > > > > > >> > > > > > >> "Zachary Goldberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>> Kai, > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> It was my pleasure :). Keep the interesting wine discussion/news > > > > > >>> coming and I'll keep writing WWNs. I'll also make note to > > > > > >>> highlight in particular GSoC developments as they happen. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> --Zach > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Hi everyone, I've been following the mailing lists for some time > > > > > >> now, this is my first post. OK, presentation done... > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I also had to thank you bring to life the WWN, it's a great > > > > > >> resource for those who don't actively follow the development > > > > > >> discussions. > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > > > iD8DBQFHVytLuqCUopk11kIRAkesAJ9d/vngVV71xY/749SA8g5hkys4DgCfVEwh > > > > > IlVnueogwUYAb4y1qx4iU38= > > > > > =qmuz > > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- Zachary Goldberg Computer Science & Engineering Electrical Captain of Penn Electric Race Team School of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania