http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15419
--- Comment #17 from t3g milest3g@gmail.com 2008-12-19 12:00:10 --- In response to Comment #13 From Vitaliy Margolen
Suggested solution...accept results for the current stable version and anything newer.
No. There were reasons for this. All test results for such old versions are useless.
I've already explained why they aren't useless for our users. As for Wine developers, we perfectly understand they're useless for them, and already only fill bugs when testing with the last release. Where is the problem?
In response to Comment #14 From Rosanne DiMesio
If I understand comment #4 correctly, whenever there is a new "stable" release it will automatically be added to the list of versions for which test results are accepted, and will stay on the list for 12 weeks. That seems to me to be ample time for anyone to add test results.
Sometimes you pick up an application that has been droped for a long time and has not received test since 0.9.XX. In this case I'd like to do a good job and not only submit test data useful to a fringe of our users, but also to those that aren't knowledgeable enough or willing to use different repositories.
I also explained why some people would rather not risk being unable to use an application in the event a newer wine release breaks things. You're not in that position, I'm not either, that doesn't prevents me from understanding other people's situation.
I also note you haven't acknowledged that at least Ubuntu only ships stable wine packages in their repositories.