Policy regarding 3rd party "windows" distributions and winetest
I suspect that we should discourage people from submitting winetest results from 3rd party repackagings of Microsoft Windows, e.g. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4254053/MicroXP_v0.82_-_eXPerience Agreed?
On 1/27/11 7:04 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
I suspect that we should discourage people from submitting winetest results from 3rd party repackagings of Microsoft Windows, e.g. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4254053/MicroXP_v0.82_-_eXPerience
Agreed? +1. And that is a pirate version of Windows anyway.
James McKenzie
On 01/30/2011 04:47 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
On 1/27/11 7:04 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
I suspect that we should discourage people from submitting winetest results from 3rd party repackagings of Microsoft Windows, e.g. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4254053/MicroXP_v0.82_-_eXPerience
Agreed? +1. And that is a pirate version of Windows anyway. I don't see the point ... I mean, yeah it's not legal, it's bad and what you want but what about if they provide results that differ from the daily bot results ? Do you think this 'stripped' version can cause failures that would not happen on real windows ? Should we ignore these results ?
I mean, yeah it's not legal, it's bad and what you want but what about if they provide results that differ from the daily bot results ?
So what? You know that the Windows software may have changed, and you can't replicate the results yourself (unless you also feel like breaking the law).
Do you think this 'stripped' version can cause failures that would not happen on real windows ? Should we ignore these results ?
Perhaps, so yes. --Juan
On 1/30/11 9:02 AM, GOUJON Alexandre wrote:
On 01/30/2011 04:47 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
On 1/27/11 7:04 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
I suspect that we should discourage people from submitting winetest results from 3rd party repackagings of Microsoft Windows, e.g. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4254053/MicroXP_v0.82_-_eXPerience
Agreed? +1. And that is a pirate version of Windows anyway. I don't see the point ... I mean, yeah it's not legal, it's bad and what you want but what about if they provide results that differ from the daily bot results ? Do you think this 'stripped' version can cause failures that would not happen on real windows ? Should we ignore these results ?
I think Dan Kegel does not want them in the Winetest list. I'll defer to AJ as to what HE wants. I was just pointing out that this is legal to use in the United States and most other countries where Microsoft has enforceable copyrights. James McKenzie
On 01/30/2011 07:27 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
I think Dan Kegel does not want them in the Winetest list. I'll defer to AJ as to what HE wants. Sure ! The boss's always right. And it should be great to find a way to identify these "fake" windows.
On 01/30/2011 07:29 PM, F Capela wrote:
Couple it with winetest being a fairly comprehensive test of the Windows APIs, and I would bet such trimmed down windows to be prone to false issues. Understood.
Anyway, I just submitted a patch which fix a crash occurring on this "windows" from a winetest result a user posted some days ago. He told me he used this "windows" to submit the results. Even if the errors should be ignored, the crash was real and my patch apply to all windows. Now, It's up to AJ to discard it or not.
From: GOUJON Alexandre <ale.goujon(a)gmail.com>
On 01/30/2011 04:47 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
On 1/27/11 7:04 PM, Dan Kegel wrote:
I suspect that we should discourage people from submitting winetest results from 3rd party repackagings of Microsoft Windows, e.g. http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4254053/MicroXP_v0.82_-_eXPerience
Agreed? +1. And that is a pirate version of Windows anyway. I don't see the point ... I mean, yeah it's not legal, it's bad and what you want but what about if they provide results that differ from the daily bot results ? Do you think this 'stripped' version can cause failures that would not happen on real windows ? Should we ignore these results ?
I always customize my personal use Windows installs with nLite or something like that, and can say first hand that it can cause problems, and difficult to diagnose ones at that. And while I can often determine which component missing or misconfigured is causing the problem (since it was me in the first place that did choose to remove that specific component), I would bet the common user that downloads a stripped down version of Windows more often than not has no idea of the side effects. Couple it with winetest being a fairly comprehensive test of the Windows APIs, and I would bet such trimmed down windows to be prone to false issues.
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