I am trying to argue that the bug does not warrant closure, wine-devel does not seem like an appropriate venue for such a discussion.
It depends on the bug. The consensus seems to be that this bug is invalid, and I'm inclined to agree. A better bug would be something about Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Beta and how it fails. The bug, as you opened it, doesn't have enough details about the specific failure you're trying to fix.
Honestly, I believe that this problem illustrates the need for these kind of bugs - if I had found a bug for WinHttp in bugzilla assigned to Zac then I could easily contact him. I do not have time to monitor wine-devel in order keep track of what everyone is working on so that I can keep from stepping on people's toes.
If not stepping on someone's toes is your wish, is it too much to ask that you ask on wine-devel? You don't have to read it on a regular basis to post a question, and it's rather well known that Zac's been working on WinHttp. We could have pointed you in the right direction. --Juan