On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 09:55, dusf <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On installing Xubuntu 11.04 yesterday I installed WINE via synaptic, selecting the package 'wine' manually which seems to have then installed 'wine1.2' and then some other packages. > > [Image: http://oi51.tinypic.com/s4za78.jpg ] > > I was going to add the WINE repo to upgrade to 1.3 when I saw the package already exists in synaptic. > > My question is why doesn't Ubuntu use 1.3 which is there Because wine1.2 is the stable release >, and if I manually select and install it is there any reason to add the WINE repo when I am only interested in stable releases for mainly playing World of Warcraft?[/img] Because stable release doesn't run all applications perfectly; 1.3 series provides (more recent) development versions/snapshots, but some app working in 1.3.x may not work anymore in 1.3.(x+1) [hence the development part, or alpha if you prefer]. If the apps you use work in 1.2.x keep that version, since newer 1.2.x won't add invasive potentially app-breaking changes, while 1.3.x may
