http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6971
--- Comment #283 from Clarence Risher sparr0@gmail.com 2009-12-07 10:48:18 --- I concur on the subject of compilation instructions.
However, I disagree regarding patches/hacks. If there is a bug that affects 5 games, and we have no global solution, where other than in that bug report do you suggest keeping the 5 distinct-but-related patches that solve the problem in thos particular games? Assuming that the contents of the patches are of use to a developer who might finally fix the bug, keeping them on 5 separate appdb pages seems counterproductive.
Also, marking the patches obsolete is both inaccurate and spam-generating.