Re: bricscad goes native

[Dan Kegel]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Avery Pennarun  wrote:
> > > the winelib version was quite a flop.... too many problems
> >
> > Indeed.  One should never release naked winelib apps.
> > Instead, one should bundle the windows version
> > with a private copy of Wine, like Picasa (and
> > now at least one other app) have done.
>
> Why is that better?  What's the point of winelib then?

Winelib is mostly useful when recompiling a windows app to
run on a non-x86 platform (where win32 compilers aren't available).
You could also use it to build a linux plugin for a windows app
running on Wine.
In either case, you probably want to bundle the Wine runtime
with the app rather than trying to run against whatever Wine
the user has.
- Dan