[Bug 50838] New: That you can select a specific wine version to be used by a specific prefix

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50838

Bug ID: 50838
           Summary: That you can select a specific wine version to be used
                    by a specific prefix
           Product: Wine
           Version: 5.22
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

What I mean is,that you can select,which prefix uses which wine version.
That would be handy cause many programs don't work with newest wine version.
And the wine launcher often don't have features I need,so that would fix
anything.

[Bug 50838] That you can select a specific wine version to be used by a specific prefix

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50838

--- Comment #1 from Gijs Vermeulen  ---
This is a not a feature that upstream wine should provide IMO. If you want
something like this I would look into a 3rd party wine provider like Lutris or
PlayOnLinux/Mac. Do note that these aren't supported on this bugtracker.
> That would be handy cause many programs don't work with newest wine version.

It would be nice if you could back this statement up with bug reports, so that
these regressions can be fixed.

[Bug 50838] That you can select a specific wine version to be used by a specific prefix

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50838

--- Comment #2 from [e-mail] ---
> This is a not a feature that upstream wine should provide IMO. If you want something like this I would look into a 3rd party wine provider like Lutris or PlayOnLinux/Mac. Do note that these aren't supported on this bugtracker.

But PlayOnLinux and Lutris have their problems,for example I can't launch
programs in a file manager.
> It would be nice if you could back this statement up with bug reports, so that these regressions can be fixed.

I can do that,but the problem is that it would take longer to report a bug,then
wait until it gets fixed,then install the new wine version instead of just
selecting another version.
And also,some programs only work with custom wine builds like proton.

[Bug 50838] That you can select a specific wine version to be used by a specific prefix

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50838

Austin English  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #3 from Austin English  ---
(In reply to toadfield from comment #2)
> > This is a not a feature that upstream wine should provide IMO. If you want something like this I would look into a 3rd party wine provider like Lutris or PlayOnLinux/Mac. Do note that these aren't supported on this bugtracker.

+1
> But PlayOnLinux and Lutris have their problems,for example I can't launch
> programs in a file manager.

That sounds like a feature request you should submit to those projects.
> > It would be nice if you could back this statement up with bug reports, so that these regressions can be fixed.
>
> I can do that,but the problem is that it would take longer to report a
> bug,then wait until it gets fixed,then install the new wine version instead
> of just selecting another version.
> And also,some programs only work with custom wine builds like proton.

It also means the bug actually gets fixed for you and other users, instead of
worked around with a bandaid.

[Bug 50838] That you can select a specific wine version to be used by a specific prefix

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50838

--- Comment #4 from [e-mail] ---
> That sounds like a feature request you should submit to those projects.

But they have much more problems,cause all of them aren't integrated in the
system that good,for example I can't create a prefix with custom settings and
then just copy that,cause then I would have to add it and many of those wine
managers take long to add prefixes etc.
So this feature request would fix it all instead of needing to do 10+ feature
requests for those wine managers that would take long to add,cause there are
less devs working on those than on wine itself.
> It also means the bug actually gets fixed for you and other users, instead of worked around with a bandaid.

You are right,I will report those bugs,but in the time the devs fix it,then I
could just use an older version instead of not using the program at all until
it gets fixed.

[Bug 50838] That you can select a specific wine version to be used by a specific prefix

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50838

--- Comment #5 from [e-mail] ---
I get that you won't add it,but could it be possible to change the wine version
for a prefix with a different program?

[Bug 50838] That you can select a specific wine version to be used by a specific prefix

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50838

Gijs Vermeulen  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #6 from Gijs Vermeulen  ---
Closing WONTFIX.