Send to list as well. -----Forwarded Message----- >From: James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Feb 11, 2009 7:27 AM >To: Ben Klein <shacklein@xxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: An idea for the appdb > >Ben Klein <shacklein@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>2009/2/11 Luke Benstead <kazade@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was thinking earlier it would be quite nice if when I double clicked >>> a Windows app in GNOME it would display a nice dialog saying something >>> like "This Windows application may not run correctly as it is >>> currently rated Silver. Please report any bugs to the Wine project. >>> Continue | Cancel". Obviously this kind of functionality is not a job >>> for Wine, but for the distro. Still, it got me thinking how this kind >>> of functionality might be achieved. >> >>There's been quite a bit of discussion along these lines recently. >>Unfortunately, AppDB simply isn't reliable enough for this type of >>dependence. With any luck, that will change when the recently >>discussed redesign of test data submissions is set up, but it'd still >>take a long time for sensible data to become reasonably usable. >> >Another area to think about is that users should be able to opt-in for this >type of functionality. Surprising users is not a good thing when they go >to run their favorite application. This may drop the load on the system, >and give users an idea what is going on. > >James McKenzie > >
