I haven't been villified yet, so let me try harder. Should winetricks be committed to the winehq tree? It would be handy for people triaging Wine bugs to see if e.g. native dcom, odbc, or corefonts hide a bug.
I've uploaded a new version to http://kegel.com/wine/winetricks Mainly it adds a -q option to make all the installers quiet, but it also includes lots of little improvements sent in by Detlef and Saulius.
Here's the new usage message:
Usage: winetricks [options] package [package] ... This script can help you prepare your system for Windows applications that mistakenly assume all users' systems have all the needed redistributable runtime libraries or fonts.
Options: -q quiet. You must have already agreed to the EULAs. -v Verbose Packages: art2kmin Access 2000 runtime. License required! corefonts Install MS Times, Arial fonts dcom98 Install native DCOM, override the Wine implementation fakeie6 Set registry to claim IE6sp1 is installed mdac27 Microsoft ODBC drivers, etc. mfc40 mono1.1 mono 1.1.13-gtksharp-2.8.2 mono1.2 mono 1.2.3.1-gtksharp-2.8.3 vbvm50 Visual Basic 5 runtime vbrun60 Visual Basic 6 runtime vcrun6 vc6redist from VS6sp4, including mfc42 wsh51 Windows Scripting Host 5.1