[...]
I suspect the current model is either at or near
its limits. It would
certainly not cope with a significant number of
commercial outfits putting in
a serious level of contribution, nor does it
encourage them to make the
attempt.
I can assure you that there are many more important factors that might dissuade a company from getting involved in Wine besides 'it's hard to get patches committed'.
As a user, I've been particularly happy about how Wine has progressed. However, what is of GRAVE concern to me is when patches that fix serious bugs aren't applied; specifically, bug 3148. Even the patch submitter had to plead with this alias for someone to listen because no one was paying attention to the patch. Yet, to date, the patch has either not been applied nor the bug been fixed. Simple, yet silly, bugs like the beforementioned one can keep users from taking advantage of newer versions of Wine because they prefer to stay with older versions that don't have the bug(s).
Food for thought...
Hiji
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