I don't know if this is the right place to suggest a feature, but would it be possible to integrate the app database into wine? What I mean is that when someone tries to install a program, wine would first check with the app database to see if there is an entry on it, and what its current ranking is for usability. Then it could possibly warn the user at maybe a self defined level (i.e. silver or lower, bronze or lower). Does that seem plausible to anyone who knows more about the inner workings of wine? I am curious.
How do you expect it to work? Should Wine spy on the o/s you are using, the wine version and the software you are trying to install to connect to the wine database and get the answer what to expect? I think one calls it call home from Windows and I am not sure you would like it as a systematical way. I think every user is educated and can check for himself. On the other side, I would be more than happy to send the results of the tests for a software directy to wine if this helps their testing but to write don'tt work, don't work, don't work, hey wait a little bit, light in the horizon, don't work, maybe, no chances of it, version after version in the database it pretty silly to me. I will enter when it works past the last working stand or at least to it.
austin987 wrote:> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:06 PM, jeffz <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote: > > > > > dawinsor87 wrote: > > > > > I don't know if this is the right place to suggest a feature, but would it be possible to integrate the app database into wine? What I mean is that when someone tries to install a program, wine would first check with the app database to see if there is an entry on it, and what its current ranking is for usability. Then it could possibly warn the user at maybe a self defined level (i.e. silver or lower, bronze or lower). > > > > > > Does that seem plausible to anyone who knows more about the inner workings of wine? I am curious. > > > > > > > > > the ratings on the AppDB are subjective and can vary wildly, an app might be garbage to one user due to bad video drivers or bad support for a certain soundcard but the same could be Platinum for another. > > > > > > Also consider how exactly one would determine what app/version of > specific app is being installed.The executable checksum (md5 or so) could be used for that purpose. A checksum would of course only be done in case of software install.