[Bug 15419] Test Data reports should include wine stable versions (i.e. 1.0, 1.2...) and not just recent betas

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15419





--- Comment #9 from Austin English <austinenglish at gmail.com>  2008-12-19 11:15:47 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> I think you're misunderstanding the reason for this bug report.
> 
> The purpose isn't to make life easier for tester - it's to make life easier for
> our users.

Understandable.

> Anybody tester can use the last unstable version, there's no feat there.
> Providing useful information for our users means we also provide test data for
> the version they're using, which for 99% of them will be one of the stable
> versions, since distributions only offer stable releases in their repositories.

No. Your metric are highly skewed. Many users are building from source or from
unofficial/semiofficial repositories, with unstable wine.

I'm not trying to be pompous or off putting. The source is there if someone
wants to patch it to always include 1.0.1. I just don't think that's a worthy
goal, as it would encourage people to stick to stable, and never test unstable.
When a new stable is released, and their app is broken, they'll be surprised,
but how could it have been fixed if a bug was never filed. The first thing we
do when a bug is filed on 1.0.1 is ask them to upgrade to unstable...


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