https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54501
--- Comment #8 from Artem S. Tashkinov aros@gmx.com --- (In reply to mgruber from comment #7)
Since the status hasn't changed to at least "CONFIRMED": is this bug still being actively watched by Artem as super maintainer for IrfanView or other dev team members? Just wondering, because he's not on the CC list for the bug despite posting a comment in the past
Wine is open source but it's a lot more bespoke commercial software which means Wine developers are mostly working on things which are relevant for Codeweavers commercial customers. If commercial customers voice their concerns about this bug it's more likely to be fixed.
Wine has literally thousands of bugs and it's unreasonable to believe that this particular one is more important than others.
If you're extremely interested in this bug being resolved ASAP, you could start a bounty.