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Dizzy Devil
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 11 |
How to add a bugfix?
Hi,
what do you think is the proper way to include a fixed version of a demo into the db?
I've uploaded some bugfixes as releases of their own, set the group to the group who released the original, and added a comment explaining what I've changed.(example - search for "summer code 3")
If there is already an entry for the original version, I could upload the fixed version and add it to this entry, as I've just done with "Bloempjes&Bytjes"/Silicon Ltd; but I think there's no proper way to mark the additional download as a different version. And adding myself with a "fixed-by"-credit to the original release seems not quite correct as well.
Any advice on this would be appreciated...
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Hein
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 942 |
Allthough this is not a gamebase, it may be noted that some games have different cracked versions. They are seperate releases, still they are the same game. A connection between the different cracks would be nice. It could be used to connect beta and alpha releases of demos aswell, but I agree with TDJ that a fixed version should be downloaded, not a bugged version. |
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Dizzy Devil
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 11 |
User-defined relations sound like a good idea. I don't know, though, if they should really be freely definable, or limited to a certain set.
As an alternative, what if you could add a comment to a download link? The download for a special version of a release would still appear among the other downloads, but it would be more visible. Maybe that's easier to implement?
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1677 |
I think it should be as freely as possible. You might say that we already have set a set of relations to make, thinking of credits, members etcetc.
But as the development of CSDb have progressed over the years we still get more relations pointed out by users, so to make it possible to add 100% freely relations might be an idea?
About comments on links. I think it sounds like a great idea. I don't see how it could hurt at last, so I might just add that one of these days. :)
But I don't think it is an alternative to the relations, just a good idea when having 'different' links to the same entry.
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Shake
Posts: 133 |
About links, could you also make it possible to keep the file links unlocked?
Sometimes I find releases with broken links or no upload/link added at all. With a record locked it's not possible to update it unless contacting the maintainer or you guys.
The purpose of locking is clear, but wouldn't it be easyer to make this free for everyone? Contacting the maintainer doesn't always work, no replies etc.. and we don't have to bother you for that? |
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iopop
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 317 |
I agree completely with Hein on the games part. Thats one of the reasons why I havnt added the +1k games from my group already. And also when the ide64/scpu/whatnot fixes are being added it would be nice to see from which crack the fix was made. |
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soci
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 479 |
I think that "Release Type" should not include the platform and a new "Platform" attibute should be added containing C64/C128/SCPU/IDE64/Other, because currently things like C128 Game or SCPU Tool are not possible. |
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Graham
Account closed
Registered: Dec 2002
Posts: 990 |
you guys should spend more time on making new demos than fixing old ones. what a waste of time. |
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Puterman
Account closed
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 188 |
You guys should spend more time DRINKING BLOOD FROM SKULL!!!! |
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Earthshaker
Registered: Sep 2002
Posts: 118 |
This is for the game/cracks part of the story. Is it not possible to add links to the other versions of a cracked game when you open a version? (Am i making sense with this?) That way you can see how many versions from a game there are. |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
's funny how this started out as a thread about different versions of a demo, and now is about different cracks of a game .. isn't there already something called gamebase? |
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