This will probably get renamed to Wine 0.9 TODO, after Alexandre's clarification, but I haven't changed the name just yet, to avoid confusion.
Once again, what I mean by 0.8: -- Users can start using Wine -- works well for a fair number of apps -- no MS DLLs required (from real Windows) -- User facing stuff (website, docs, etc.) are in a decent state, to avoid scaring them away What is NOT in 0.8: -- stable server protocol: no binary compatibility -- DLL separation: ditto
That being said, this is my initial list. Comments, flames, suggestions, are appreciated.
A. WineHQ work (Beta at: http://lostwages.winehq.org) 0. Website redesign Jeremy Newman jnewman@codeweavers.com 1. Reorganize the navigational menu There is a proposal being discussed on the list 2. Create some really sexy screenshots -- one app per screenshot, avoid cluttered desktop -- minimize size, if possible by using 'Positioned Color Dithering' 3. Rework the FAQ interface (static HTML, a la http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html, all on one page, with a clickable question list at the top) Agreed on the list. Should be written in SGML, so we can output all sorts of formats. Which means we need layouts, etc. Any takers? 4. Enlist some 'official' distribution maintainers (at the minimum RedHat, Suse, Mandrake, Debian) 5. Create nice page with apps that run virtually flawless They should not require MS dlls, tricks, etc. to run Small explanation, screeshot, optional link to download page, such as Tucows. Carlos clozano@andago.com is running with it.
B. Documentation work Andy, take it away! :) 0. We need to figure first _what_ is out of date.
C. Wine configuration 0. Merge configuration into the registry 1. Write control panel applets for editing it 2. Have decent defaults so we can start control panel without prior configuration 3. Have wizard like app to autoconfigure wine WineSetupTk proposed by Jeremy White jwhite@codeweavers.com 4. Make Wine's DLLs register themselves to avoid manual merging of the winedefault.reg 5. Write .inf script to setup a new Wine installation 6. Have a wineboot script for RunOnce stuff
D. Stabilize utilities 0. Get rid of the init directive from .spec files Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.com volunteered 1. Make sure the .spec file format is fairly stable Any other things that may need changing here? 2. Ensure the various utilities' options are stable Anything here?
E. Important fixes 0. Window management rewrite, so we can install apps in managed mode.