[programs/winetest] Put up a warning message before running

[Paul Vriens]

James Hawkins wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Paul Vriens <paul.vriens.wine at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Due to the fact that we have several ordinary users trying out winetest I
>> think
>> it makes sense to put up this message.
>>
>> The message will not be shown in quiet mode and not in expert mode (new one
>> '-x').
>>
>> Changelog
>>  Put up a warning message before running
>>
> 
> No this is a bad idea, mostly because winetest is not particularly
> intended to be run by 'ordinary users', and anyone that does run
> winetest should be well aware of the supposed 'dangers' of running it.
>  On top of this, running winetest should not be dangerous in the first
> place, and more effort should be put into fixing tests that crash the
> tests or the system.
> 

The problem is that the 'go and run winetest to help the Wine guys' message is 
broadcasted all over the place. Most of those people don't have a clue about the 
impact.

I totally agree that we should make winetest as robust as possible. But please 
have a look at http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13608 and tell me if you 
agree this bug is closed.

-- 
Cheers,

Paul.