Re: New Wine Gecko package

[James Mckenzie]

Jacek Caban  wrote:
> Scott Ritchie wrote:
> > Jacek Caban wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > The last release of Wine Gecko caused a few regressions. Thanks to
> > > Alexandre, we've found the reason. The bad news is that the fix requires
> > > a new package. I've uploaded RC build to:
> > >
> > > http://gerwazy.lo3.wroc.pl/~jcaban/wine/wine_gecko-0.9.1.cab
> > >
> > > I'd appreciate if people that observe the regression (mostly strange
> > > crashed) could retest bugs with this build. To do so, you will need the
> > > new package and the attached patch. Also quick tests with random apps
> > > would be nice. This is a bugfix release based on the same codebase as
> > > 0.9.0 version so I don't expect any new regressions with it.
> >
> > Is this version compatible with Wine 1.0.1 by chance?
>
> No, it's technically impossible.

Is it possible to build a patch upgrade to 1.0.1 to incorporate the new Gecko or will we have to wait until 1.2 (that is the next stable release)?

James McKenzie

New Wine Gecko package

[Jacek Caban]

James Mckenzie wrote:
> Jacek Caban  wrote:
> > Scott Ritchie wrote:
> > > Is this version compatible with Wine 1.0.1 by chance?
> >
> > No, it's technically impossible.
>
> Is it possible to build a patch upgrade to 1.0.1 to incorporate the new Gecko or will we have to wait until 1.2 (that is the next stable release)?

No, it would require too much risky changes. The fact that we need a 
bugfix release proves that it's a bad idea.

Also I don't see any point in upgrading Gecko in 1.0 branch.

Jacek