> >> Patching kernels and building modules is no big thing but patching and > >> compiling wine, being tied to an older version or constantly upgrading and > >> redoing this might be a bit too > >> much. > >> > > Why being tied to an older version ? > > > Stable versus unstable kernel releases, maybe? You have a point there. > > The fact is that the project is not that old, > > thus earlier versions of wine/kernel havent been tested at the moment. > > > > > Which project? Wine is very old, going back to the early 1990s, when > Linux was released to the public. You also have to be aware that Wine > is the source for several forks, one is for the Mac which I use. I know, beeing one of them for some times :) *Linux Unified Kernel* project is not that old. > > > Btw, many apps need a specific dependancy for older libraries. > > > That is very true. We in the industry call this 'dll hell' as some > programs will only run with certain versions of some .dll files. > > > James > McKenzie Regards, Sylvain Petreolle
