From: Manuel B. <ma...@ms...> - 2006-11-19 19:10:41
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Hi, Let me react on this: > - The rom database is made to identify roms to pass the right (mega)rom > mapper to the emulator. Yes, that was the initial purpose. But we didn't add the other data for zip, I think. > - All entries have been tested by Benoit and Nicolas Beyaert. Tested if they give the right mapper type? AFAIK, all dumps found on the net were added. Please let me know if that is incorrect. Whatever was tested: a while ago I came across a dump that was in the DB, but didn't work. That was the trigger. So, what I wanted, is to be able to display to the user whether a dump is unmodified or not. That's basically all and we already foresaw that in the format. My proposal doesn't really change the format; it just makes better use of it. As I said: my modification in openMSX is already useful without any changes to the database itself. > - The software database is an depended project, the openMSX team and > blueMSX team agreed on the structure, Indeed! > - The software database will not be adjusted for a single emulator Indeed! > Next to these facts there is another fact: I do not have time for this > anymore, I add new roms and I'm adding more sha1 values but that's it. How is this related to my proposal? It doesn't incorporate changes to the database. (Or at least: not necesarily.) > The software database will always stay independent since this was the > agreement with Benoit (and Daniel) See the 2 "Indeed!"s above. > So unless you want to do this I do not see this happening any time soon. Do what? > Also structure changes of the list have to be approved by both the > openMSX and blueMSX team. Yes (see all "Indeed!"s), but: a) my proposal didn't incorporate a structure change b) I'm proposing it to both teams here, as they are all on this mailinglist. I wasn't 100% sure about Benoit, so I Cc:'d him, as I explained in the mail. -- Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX FOR EVER! (Questions? http://faq.msxnet.org/ ) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://manuel.msxnet.org/ |