[Bug 50027] New: Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program to function correctly.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50027

Bug ID: 50027
           Summary: Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only
                    the required components for a Windows program to
                    function correctly.
           Product: Wine
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
      Distribution: ---

The WINE package is 50mb. The uncompressed size is 500mb. Could you make it
possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program
to function correctly.

[Bug 50027] Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program to function correctly.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50027

--- Comment #1 from Nikolay Sivov  ---
For current Wine I think it's more like 500 MB per arch. While you could
potentially reduce it by not building certain modules that are rarely used as a
local exercise or some distro packaged variant, default winehq packages should
remain complete.

[Bug 50027] Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program to function correctly.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50027

Olivier F. R. Dierick  changed:

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           Severity|normal                      |enhancement

[Bug 50027] Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program to function correctly.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50027

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #2 from Austin English  ---
While not everything is needed by all programs, they are all needed for
_something_.

We can't anticipate what programs a user may need. As Nikolay said, for local
cases, this could be optimized, but not universally.

[Bug 50027] Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program to function correctly.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50027

--- Comment #3 from Clinton H  ---
Maybe WINE could generate a script of the required windows files for a program
to function correctly. User's could submit the script to the WINE app database.

Wine could create a container for that windows program and the script would
tell Wine which windows files to extract from the WINE archive.

[Bug 50027] Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program to function correctly.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50027

[e-mail] changed:

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--- Comment #4 from [e-mail] ---
(In reply to Clinton H from comment #3)
> Maybe WINE could generate a script of the required windows files for a
> program to function correctly. User's could submit the script to the WINE
> app database.
>
> Wine could create a container for that windows program and the script would
> tell Wine which windows files to extract from the WINE archive.

I think PlayonLinux/PlayonMac or Lutris or Proton is something for you to use.

[Bug 50027] Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program to function correctly.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50027

--- Comment #5 from Austin English  ---
Closing.

[Bug 50027] Could you make it possible for WINE to extract only the required components for a Windows program to function correctly.

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50027

Austin English  changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #6 from Austin English  ---
Closing.