[Bug 53412] New: Wine should detect existing Wine prefixes before new prefix generation
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 Bug ID: 53412 Summary: Wine should detect existing Wine prefixes before new prefix generation Product: Wine Version: 7.13 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org Reporter: abacadacaba(a)gmail.com Distribution: --- Rough ideas how things should be: 1. don't check anything if the new command line argument is set to disable detection of Wine prefixes 2. check .desktop files 3. check parent directory of known Wine prefixes 4. check root recursively with some exceptions 5. generate missing .desktop file(s) 6. remove unused .desktop file(s) 7. prompt user to select one Wine prefix within command line session if multiple Wine prefixes are found -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 abacadacaba(a)gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |integration -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 Zeb Figura <z.figura12(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |z.figura12(a)gmail.com --- Comment #1 from Zeb Figura <z.figura12(a)gmail.com> --- I think the usual position has been that it's outside the scope of wine to manage prefixes. (In reply to abacadacaba from comment #0)
2. check .desktop files
What .desktop files?
3. check parent directory of known Wine prefixes 4. check root recursively with some exceptions
That sounds like a bad idea. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 --- Comment #2 from abacadacaba(a)gmail.com --- (In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #1)
I think the usual position has been that it's outside the scope of wine to manage prefixes.
Fork Wine! Fuck Wine! -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |WONTFIX Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED --- Comment #3 from Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> --- (In reply to abacadacaba from comment #2)
(In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #1)
I think the usual position has been that it's outside the scope of wine to manage prefixes.
Fork Wine! Fuck Wine!
WONTFIX seems appropriate. Good luck with your fork. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 --- Comment #4 from abacadacaba(a)gmail.com --- (In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #1)
I think the usual position has been that it's outside the scope of wine to manage prefixes.
Nonsense. Wine does this already. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 --- Comment #5 from abacadacaba(a)gmail.com --- Wine does detect existing prefixes already but in a different way. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 --- Comment #6 from abacadacaba(a)gmail.com --- (In reply to Austin English from comment #3)
WONTFIX seems appropriate. Good luck with your fork.
Good luck your "life". -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 --- Comment #7 from abacadacaba(a)gmail.com --- Wine has 3 major forks already and they do better job than pathetic Wine. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 Gijs Vermeulen <gijsvrm(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #8 from Gijs Vermeulen <gijsvrm(a)gmail.com> --- Closing. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 abacadacaba(a)gmail.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|WONTFIX |--- Status|CLOSED |UNCONFIRMED --- Comment #9 from abacadacaba(a)gmail.com --- Closed by moron without proper fix or comment. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 Gijs Vermeulen <gijsvrm(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |WONTFIX Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED --- Comment #10 from Gijs Vermeulen <gijsvrm(a)gmail.com> --- WONTFIX. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53412 Gijs Vermeulen <gijsvrm(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED --- Comment #11 from Gijs Vermeulen <gijsvrm(a)gmail.com> --- Closing. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
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