[Bug 16608] Allow Runs=Yes even if Installs=No

Tue Dec 23 20:13:43 CST 2008

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16608

Jeff Zaroyko <jeffz at jeffz.name> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Jeff Zaroyko <jeffz at jeffz.name>  2008-12-23 20:13:43 ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> I tried to submit testing data for a game (Crysis Warhead).
> The installer is broken, but when the game is installed in a VM and copied to
> Linux, it runs fine under Wine.
> AppDB however complains: "You can only set Runs? to ‘Not installable’' if
> the application's installer does not work"
> This artificial limitation is unnecessary. Please consider removing it
> 

No. This is to force the rating to Garbage.

Why?  Because depending on a Windows install to install an application deserves
this rating.  Needing an entire windows install to use an application is a bad
and almost completely defeats the purpose of Wine.

File a bug for the installer.

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