[Scummvm-devel] Split compatibility list ?

[Max Horn]

Hi folks,


IMHO we should consider splitting the compatibility list into two. Or 
at the very least, make it clear beyond doubts on compatibility.php 
that it does *not* apply to the latest release, but rather to the 
latest development snapshot.

Right now, people will get to the ScummVM homepage and look at the 
compatibility page. They'll see, for example, "oh wow, BASS is at 80%, 
let's try it." They'll go on and download 0.4.1, only to discover 
(maybe after lots of trial and error) that it doesn't support BASS at 
all. And I couldn't even think bad of them for that, because our 
website is simply misleading.

So, we should either provide two lists (one for the latest release, and 
one for current CVS), or at least make it clear on the page that it 
doesn't apply to the latest release.

As for providing two lists: we could even do this, we modify the 
compatibility to have more percentage columns: one for each major 
release we had. So there'd be a 0.2.0, 0.3.0 and 0.4.0 column. Would 
also make it very nice to see how the compatibility changed over time.


Cheers,

Max