August 2023 - Wine-Devel - list.winehq.org

Mailing list traffic
by Francois Gouget April 19, 2024

April 19, 2024

With GitLab and the spinning off of commit messages to wine-gitlab I think the traffic estimates on the mailing list page need to be updated... at least for wine-devel: it no longer has 50 messages per day. https://www.winehq.org/forums (unfortunately there is no unit on the little per mailing-list graph) -- Francois Gouget <fgouget(a)free.fr> http://fgouget.free.fr/ Theory is where you know everything but nothing works. Practice is where everything works but nobody knows why. Sometimes they go hand in hand: nothing works and nobody knows why.

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The future of WineConf
by Alexandre Julliard Jan. 27, 2024

Jan. 27, 2024

Folks, As you may have noticed, we haven't been making any plans for WineConf this year. Jeremy has been busy preparing his retirement, and I haven't been pushing it either, mostly because I'm not convinced that we want to continue the traditional WineConf model. Even though we skipped a few years because of the pandemic, attendance at last year's WineConf wasn't great. We also suggested meeting at FOSDEM in February, like we did in previous years, but essentially no one showed up. So I'm wondering whether there is still enough interest for a traditional WineConf, or whether we should try a different approach, to maybe capture some of the recent excitement around gaming and downstream uses of Wine in general. I'd like to hear your thoughts. Should we do a Proton conference, or join some kind of gaming-related event? Do people even want to travel to conferences anymore? What kind of event would you be interested in, particularly those of you who don't show up to the traditional WineConf? -- Alexandre Julliard julliard(a)winehq.org

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Upcoming vkd3d 1.9 release
by Henri Verbeet Aug. 23, 2023

Aug. 23, 2023

Hi all, The targetted release date for vkd3d 1.9 is four weeks from now, on September 20. That means the development branch will become increasingly frozen as we're nearing the release date. If you're an upstream vkd3d developer, please do the following: - Keep an eye on Bugzilla for any reported regressions. - Review any API changes since the previous release. - Verify all the vkd3d tests pass on your hardware. - Review and improve the documentation. - Apply your best judgment about which patches are appropriate for the current stage of the release process. Note that it's entirely appropriate to queue up more complicated changes for application post 1.9 and ask for review on them, but please either mark those as draft or put some kind of note in the MR description. If you're a downstream user of vkd3d, please test your applications for regressions, and file bug reports if you find any. If you're the maintainer of a Wine module that (indirectly) depends on vkd3d, like e.g. d2d1, d3dx9, d3dcompiler, or any of the core Direct3D modules, that includes making sure the unit tests still pass with the new version. We try our best to avoid regressions, but ultimately we depend on our downstream users to catch anything we may have missed before the final release. The planned release date for the release following vkd3d 1.9 is currently sometime in December. Regards, Henri

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Upcoming vkd3d 1.9 release
by Henri Verbeet Aug. 23, 2023

Aug. 23, 2023

Hi all, The targetted release date for vkd3d 1.9 is four weeks from now, on September 20. That means the development branch will become increasingly frozen as we're nearing the release date. If you're an upstream vkd3d developer, please do the following: - Keep an eye on Bugzilla for any reported regressions. - Review any API changes since the previous release. - Verify all the vkd3d tests pass on your hardware. - Review and improve the documentation. - Apply your best judgment about which patches are appropriate for the current stage of the release process. Note that it's entirely appropriate to queue up more complicated changes for application post 1.9 and ask for review on them, but please either mark those as draft or put some kind of note in the MR description. If you're a downstream user of vkd3d, please test your applications for regressions, and file bug reports if you find any. If you're the maintainer of a Wine module that (indirectly) depends on vkd3d, like e.g. d2d1, d3dx9, d3dcompiler, or any of the core Direct3D modules, that includes making sure the unit tests still pass with the new version. We try our best to avoid regressions, but ultimately we depend on our downstream users to catch anything we may have missed before the final release. The planned release date for the release following vkd3d 1.9 is currently sometime in December. Regards, Henri

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Wine staging 8.14 release
by Alistair Leslie-Hughes Aug. 21, 2023

Aug. 21, 2023

Binary packages for various distributions will be available from: https://www.winehq.org/download Summary since last release * Rebased to current wine 8.14 (496 patches are applied to wine vanilla) Upstreamed (Either directly from staging or fixed with a similar patch). * dmime: Store WAVE data when Loading. Added: * None Updated: * vkd3d-latest to latest. * xactengine3_7-PrepareWave * fltmgr.sys-FltBuildDefaultSecurityDescriptor * winex11-CandidateWindowPos * user32-rawinput-mouse * widl-SLTG_Typelib_Support * ntdll-Syscall_Emulation Where can you help * Run Steam/Battle.net/GOG/UPlay/Epic * Test your favorite game. * Test your favorite applications. * Improve staging patches and get them accepted upstream. * Suggest patches to be included in staging. As always, if you find a bug, please report it via https://bugs.winehq.org Best Regards Alistair.

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IRC-matrix bridge status?
by Jeff Smith Aug. 13, 2023

Aug. 13, 2023

I became aware that I had missed a message on IRC. The sender was on matrix and I was on IRC. I haven't seen them there (#winehackers) in days. I suggested the IRC-matrix bridge was down, and was pointed to the following links, which seem likely to be relevant. (I don't know what type of bridge has been in use for this channel since the move to libera.) https://libera.chat/news/matrix-irc-bridge-updates https://libera.chat/news/matrix-bridge-disabled-retrospective Who knows what other messages may have disappeared in the ether. -- Jeff Smith

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