Hi folks,
Today we have (at last) two know issues with the current XML format of
QSOS.
1) The scoring style: Today we use in general 0 for a missing feature
and 2 for a well implemented feature. A lot of people thinks that ZERO
means "bad" and "2" means "good".
2) The list: There is no easy way to store a list in a QSOS sheet.
My suggestions:
For the scoring issue:
Today an element is stored like this:
<element name="books" title="books">
<desc0>No book about the software</desc0>
<desc1>Less than 5 books about the software are available</desc1>
<desc2>More than 5 books about software are available, in several
languages</desc2>
<score>0</score>
<comment></comment>
</element>
I suggest this:
<element name="books" title="books">
<desc score="a">No book about the software</desc>
<desc score="b">Less than 5 books about the software are
available</desc>
<desc score="c">More than 5 books about software are available, in
several languages</desc>
<score>a</score>
<comment></comment>
</element>
0, 1 and 2 scores are replaced by letters.
For the list:
Today a list is stored like this:
<element name="packaging" title="Packaging">
<desc>Packaging for various operating systems</desc>
<element name="packagingsource" title="Source">
<desc0>Software can't be installed from source without lot of
work</desc0>
<desc1>Installation from source is limited and depends on very
strict conditions (OS, arch, lib, ...)</desc1>
<desc2>Installation from source is easy</desc2>
<score></score>
<comment></comment>
</element>
<element name="packagingdebian" title="Debian">
<desc0>The software is not packaged for Debian</desc0>
<desc1>A Debian package exists but it has important issues or it
doesn't have official support</desc1>
<desc2>The software is packaged in the distribution</desc2>
<score></score>
<comment></comment>
</element>
(...)
</element>
I suggest this:
<element name="packaging" title="Packaging" type="list">
<desc>Packaging for various operating systems</desc>
<desc score="a">Not a working installation medium</desc>
<desc score="b">Workins installation medium but strict dependency
(OS, arch, lib, ...)</desc>
<desc score="c">Maintained and supported by official of 3rd team</desc>
<item name="packagingsource" title="from Source">
<desc>Installation from source tarball</desc>
<score>b</score>
<comment>Installation from source is easy but only with GCC
3.0</comment>
</item>
<item name="packagingsource" title="Debian package">
<score>c</score>
<comment>Debian provide an official package</comment>
</item>
(...)
</element>
Comments are welcome :).
Regards,
Gonéri
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