[Bug 33587] New: Should Wine create symbolic links to ~ directories?

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33587

Bug #: 33587
           Summary: Should Wine create symbolic links to ~ directories?
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.5.30
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P1
         Component: wineserver
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

Just a few days ago I _lost_ my entire ~/Desktop folder because I tried to
erase my ~/.wine directory using a Windows application running under Wine.

Of course, I shouldn't have even tried that since most Windows applications
don't know anything about symbolic links, so recursive delete is a recipe for
disaster.

On the contrary rm -rf ~/.wine and other Unix utilities always work properly
since they detect symbolic links and erase them without erasing the content of
directories they link to.

I'm perfectly aware that Crossover Office is a commercial product and it's
usually used by enterprise users who actually require a tight integration, but
for usual Linux geeks this integration can be really devastating.

Please, consider the creation of the following symbolic links:

Desktop -> /home/username/Desktop
My Documents -> /home/username
My Music -> /home/username
My Pictures -> /home/username
My Videos -> /home/username

an optional feature which is _not_ enabled by default.