config converting problem

Rick Romero rick at valeoinc.com
Wed Aug 11 09:27:40 CDT 2004


On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 08:50, Mike Hearn wrote:
> > You could have
> > 
> > c: = ~/.wine/c_drive
> > c:\My Documents\ = ~/Documents
> > c:\Program Files\ = ~/Windows Progs
> > d: = /mnt/cdrom
> > 
> > Then wiping your ~/.wine would preserve your files, and with those apps
> > that don't require registry settings would just work without a reinstall
> > (Pegasus Mail is a good example).
> 
> I think it would be better to figure out a way to do upgrades better. 
> Also when we change something, it seems we need to massively increase 
> the amount of time the old way is still valid for. The problem of being 
> installing ancient distros then upgrading won't go away anytime soon.

I guess I was thinking more along the lines of a Wine reinstall to fix
'Windows' problems, not necessarily Wine upgrades.

Just something else to think about :)

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