On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 13:19 -0700, Hiji wrote: > > We recognized long ago that regressions can be a > > serious problem for > > Wine. Unfortunately, as Holly points out, not every > > developer can test > > every application at every release - this is why > > we've created the > > Application's Database, which allows just about > > anyone to sign up as a > > maintainer for an app. > > The APPDB, while fantastic for recording the > progression of compatibility, doesn't really help with > fixing a bug. (I'm not sure if this is what you were > getting at.) My notes on Photoshop 7 are still there > from when I was a wine-newbie in regards to getting to > work again; even an opening a bug didn't help. I > didn't even think about mailing wine-devel because... > I just didn't know, and I thought that alias was > strictly for talking development and not bug fixing. > http://appdb.winehq.com/appview.php?versionId=1336 > > Again, this is all "easier said than done", and I know > its hard knowing when a fix in one area will break > another. But, I think certain things *can* be helped > or avoided. For example, I understand that the > "installshield" is being worked on; it's development > has effected applications like Flash MX. Whereas > before you could drop in a DLL here and there to > install an app, it won't even install now no matter > what you do. So, instead of the development being > merged back into the main tree and breaking things > until the project is finished, why not branch off and > then merge everything back in when its working? > Well, for one thing, we don't _have_ a main tree. Every release so far has pretty much been a development snapshot - you've been using alpha software. This September, however, we will have a stable version, and it's been a long time coming. Roughly, the plan is to have every app that is in the Application's Database as "working" for the first stable release never regress when we make a subsequent stable release (and, hopefully, improve). How we do that will likely vary, but from right now I can tell you that App maintainers will be important. Thanks, Scott Ritchie _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
