[Scummvm-devel] Split compatibility list ?

[J.Brown (Ender)]

I agree that starting with 0.5.0, we should do this. However I suggest we
simply archive compatability.php, or move to some kind of mySQL-based
system... as the Known Issues fields are still appropriate and really
provide more important information than just the percentages.


 - Ender

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On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Max Horn wrote:

> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 11:39:31 +0200
> From: Max Horn <max at quendi.de>
> To: scummvm-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Scummvm-devel] Split compatibility list ?
>
> 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
>
>
>
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