http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16513
--- Comment #16 from Alexander E. Patrakov patrakov@gmail.com 2011-12-11 12:09:23 CST --- So you need to convince Andrew Eikum to apply it separately as an important bugfix that fixes the root cause of bug 9612. Andrew told me over IM that it causes regressions, but, unfortunately, didn't record concrete examples in the bug log. IMHO the patch is good anyway, because it trades a fundamental design flaw for fixable bugs (if any).
And the followup patches from bug 14717 won't fix any regressions introduced by the first patch, so his position ("apply the first patch only as a part of the whole series, because of the regressions it causes") is understandable only is he is willing to accept the regressions together with improved sound quality.