ChangeSet ID: 25220 CVSROOT: /opt/cvs-commit Module name: lostwages Changes by: wineowner@winehq.org 2006/05/26 15:11:04
Modified files: wwn : wn20060526_314.xml
Log message: Edit of WWN #314
Patch: http://cvs.winehq.org/patch.py?id=25220
Old revision New revision Changes Path 1.1 1.2 +14 -9 lostwages/wwn/wn20060526_314.xml
Index: lostwages/wwn/wn20060526_314.xml diff -u -p lostwages/wwn/wn20060526_314.xml:1.1 lostwages/wwn/wn20060526_314.xml:1.2 --- lostwages/wwn/wn20060526_314.xml:1.1 26 May 2006 20:11: 4 -0000 +++ lostwages/wwn/wn20060526_314.xml 26 May 2006 20:11: 4 -0000 @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Its main goal is to <a href="http://www. <section title="News: Picasa, Wine 0.9.14, LJ Article" subject="News" - archive="http://www.winehq.org/?announce=1.118%22%3E + archive="http://www.winehq.org/?announce=1.118" posts="3"
<topic>News</topic> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ After that, work began to port Direct3D used by D3D9. Since then, work has branched out into many areas. We've picked up some new developers along the way, which is great. </p><p>
-I mentioned the following in wine-devel about a recent Linux Journal +I mentioned the following on wine-devel about a recent Linux Journal article:</p> <quote who="Brian Vincent"><p> I just saw the May issue of Linux Journal and it has an article titled @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ tested with Wine 0.9.6 and then has a pa <tt>~/.wine/config</tt>. I think it's a remnant of an old installation.] </p></quote> <p> -Uwe Bonnes, Stefan Maunz, and Marcus Meissner attended Linuxtag in +Finally, Uwe Bonnes, Stefan Maunz, and Marcus Meissner attended Linuxtag in Wiesbaden a few weeks ago. Marcus provided <a href="http://gallery.kuschelt.net/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=93395">a picture</a> showing Stefan on the left and Uwe next to him. Check out the nice Wine @@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ You might have missed some of this if yo wine-devel. </p><p> First, one of the most interesting revelations came from Linux Today and -<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2006052601826NWSWRL">a -description</a> of the port by Chris DiBona. Chris revealed that Google +Chris DiBona's +<a href="http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2006052601826NWSWRL"> +description</a> of the port. Chris revealed that Google Earth is slated to be the next app ported. From that report:</p> <quote who="Chris Dibona"><p> Picasa, founded in 2001, was purchased by Google in July of 2004, and the photo @@ -193,9 +194,12 @@ verson of Google Earth to see if it'll r
Now, back in February I conjectured that Google would probably provide a copy of Wine to run Picasa with and that it would be a straight up Windows app rather -than a traditional Winelib port. Expect the same for Google Earth. Even +than a traditional Winelib port. That proved to be the case and you can expect +the same for Google Earth. Even more important, Google Earth and Picasa will likely be able to share the same -version of Wine libraries, so we may see a collection of desktop apps appearing.</p> +version of Wine libraries, so we may see a collection of desktop apps appearing +for Linux similar to the <a href="http://pack.google.com/">Google +Pack</a> available for Windows.</p> <p>Okay, back to the news about Picasa. If you're unfamiliar with this program it's an image archive/management tool. Besides just storing pictures and making them searchable, there's a lot of features like mail @@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ an open line of communication from the b <a href="http://picasa.google.com/linux/">Picasa on Linux</a> page describes some of the features of the port. Slashdot <a href="http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/05/26/0310229">covered</a> -the story with a post by Chris and some positive comments, +the story with a post by Chris and included some positive comments, <quote who="Chris DiBona"> Picasa for Linux uses Wine internally; this shows a bit in the interface, but it works even better than we had hoped. ... @@ -515,7 +519,8 @@ wine's msi innerworkings.
<ul> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/ordering_file_sequence_numbers_in_a_cabinet_file_table_and_media_table.asp"> -http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/ordering_file_sequence_numbers_in_a_cabinet_file_table_and_media_table.asp</a> +http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/ +ordering_file_sequence_numbers_in_a_cabinet_file_table_and_media_table.asp</a> </li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/file_table.asp?frame=true"> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/file_table.asp?frame=true</a>