On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Austin English <austinenglish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:37 PM, dirkmitt <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > But, (2) I'm not really willing to reinstall WINE a number of times. I just hope that knowing within 5 versions might help the actual developers. > > Knowing within 5 versions leaves roughly 900-1200 patches that could > be the problem. Knowing the exact patch makes it MUCH easier to find > the problem (along with a demo/backtrace/steps to reproduce/etc.) > And while a newbie might not think it's that interesting to do a regression test like this I know the first time I went through it I learned a lot and ended up with a better appreciation of what goes into making a program like Wine. Anyway, it's up to him. doing this regression test down to the patch will give him a better chance of getting a fix. He may not care enough about using Bryce to warrant the work. That's up to him Thanks! - Mark
