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

[James Hawkins]

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:59 AM, Paul Vriens <paul.vriens.wine at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

It's hard to say.  If it's a real machine run, and not run inside a
vm, then it should probably be reopened.  To me that means one of the
tests is too strict, doing something no games do, but then again I'm
really not familiar with that aspect of the project.

-- 
James Hawkins