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[Paul Mahon <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>]

We could add a section called 'Software Reviews' where people can write
up their thoughts and ratings on programs. The forums would be a good
place to do this sort of thing.

Oh, and for children, you can't beat Tux Racer :)

On Thu, 2005-10-02 at 14:14 +0100, Pieter Lenaerts wrote:
> 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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