[Bug 2082] DirectDraw games only showing black screen

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2082





--- Comment #35 from Stefan Dösinger <stefandoesinger at gmx.at>  2007-11-30 14:53:52 ---
Regarding the status, that is just a bugzilla category. A new bug is
"UNCONFIRMED", when people confirm it it becomes "NEW". The next step is
"RESOLVED" - with various reasons, e.g. FIXED, WONTFIX, ABANDONED, ..., after
that CLOSED. So "NEW" doesn't mean that the bug isn't older than $DAYS. The
"NEW" is what you mean with confirmed propably.

As far as fixing this bug is concerned, an open source project isn't something
where you can drop in and order something to be done. Possible reasons why this
bug isn't fixed could be

a) None of the developer has personal or commercial interest in the specific
games
b) None of the developers has time to fix it. Remember, many are working on
Wine in their free time.
c) No volunteer got around to fix it yet(as everyone only demands that it gets
fixed)
d) The bug is harder to fix than the simple workaround suggests. There might
even be architectural differences between Windows and X11 which make it
impossible to fix correctly.

In case of this bug, it's a combination of all 3 issues.


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