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[Pieter Lenaerts <e-type AT cwazy.co.uk>]

I agree with mathieu on the fact that the grimoires are not the way to do 
this.

the forums are aimed at communication, so that's the spot imo
results from these discussions can be put on the wiki as mathieu proposes, 
since the wiki is supposed to be more of a knowledge base than to be used as 
a discussion forum.

pieter

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:15:40 +0100
"Mathieu L." <lejatorn AT smgl.homelinux.net> wrote:

      > On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 05:54:05AM -0700, Cory S wrote:
      > > Hi guys. I've been thinking about this for a while and thought I 
would
      > > bring it up on the list to see what people think.
      > > 
      > > As I've looked for games to install on my machine for my son to 
play,
      > > it's been a little difficult to determine what the best games are. 
At
      > > last count there are 258 games in the grimoire, and it's a little
      > > tough to visit each game's web site to look at screenshots, etc. to
      > > figure out what the best ones are. Also, frequently on #sourcemage
      > > someone asks "what do you guys think of exim?" or "has anyone used
      > > proftp?", and it would be nice to have a built-in way for them to 
see
      > > that.
      > > 
      > > Anyway, I thought it would be handy to have some kind of rating 
system
      > > that could maybe be stored in the DETAILS file and be contributed by
      > > users/gurus/spell maintainers. That way users would know what the
      > > general consensus is on any given spell. I guess that a command 
would
      > > have to be added to 'gaze' to be able to see it easily, and I'm 
still
      > > not sure how users could submit their ratings, but I think it would 
be
      > > helpful to have functionality like that.
      > > 
      > > I also think it could really set our distro apart as it grows and 
more
      > > people start using it.
      > > 
      > > So if you think that's the dumbest idea you've ever heard, feel free
      > > to shoot holes in it and flame me into oblivion :).
      > > _______________________________________________
      > 
      > I dunno, it seems to me that the grimoire is not at all the right 
place
      > for a rating system. As a part of the packaging system, I don't think
      > there should be in there any trace of opinions or partiality, just my
      > feeling.
      > However I like the general idea, so maybe a wiki page with a permanent
      > polling system could do the trick. Each user/dev could vote once for
      > each soft with an auth system of some kind (gpg?).
      > Eventually, gaze could be taught to use a bot to go through the page 
and
      > quickly give the result to a user who doesn't feel like browsing the
      > wiki page.
      > 
      > Cheers,
      > Mathieu.
      > 
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