[Wine] Re: Wine 1.0 release date to clash with Firefox 3

Jim wineforum-user at winehq.org
Thu Jun 12 13:51:08 CDT 2008


Bamm wrote:
> According to http://wiki.winehq.org/WineReleasePlan the new release date for Wine 1.0 is set to June 17.
> 
> However the Firefox 3.0 release date is also set to June 17.
> 
> http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/06/11/coming-tuesday-june-17th-firefox-3/
> 
> Their release is planned to be high profile and they even plan to set a Guinness world record for downloads in a single day!
> 
> http://www.tuaw.com/2008/05/30/help-firefox-set-a-guinness-world-record/
> 
> With this, I fear that the Wine release would be drowned out in the euphoria and excitement for Firefox 3.
> 
> I respectfully suggest, therefore, that we move the Wine 1.0 release date to another date besides June 17.
> 
> This way we can attract more press and attention.
> 
> I hope others agree with my observation.
> 
> Regards,
> Bamm


Does Firefox 3 run in Wine?  Just change Wine's announcement to say "Runs Firefox 3."  Problem solved.   :D







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