Hi, I am a developer for a product which makes heavy use of WINE. Right now, we're deciding which newer version of WINE to go to, and I thought the wine-devel community might have some insight. I did read the WineReleaseCriteria entry on the wiki, but still have some questions. If anyone could answer some things that I've been wondering about, it would go a long way towards helping us make an informed decision. So, here goes:
- Does the development branch of WINE go through a battery of tests before it is posted? What kind of criteria has to be met before a development release is made available on the main page?
- It's my understanding that the stable branch only has select features and patches ported over (from the wiki: "..with only minimal changes merged in"). Would this mean that if I compared a stable release with a development release from around the same time that the two releases would have significant differences? Specifically, I'm wondering about 1.2.3 vs. 1.3.15.
- Is 64-bit support in version 1.2.3 generally usable and stable, or is the current development release a lot more mature in that respect?
Your expertise would be appreciated!
Louis