[Bug 46226] [IDEA] Split wine in multiple libraries for use in container formats

[wine-bugs at winehq.org]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46226

--- Comment #1 from Olivier F. R. Dierick <o.dierick at piezo-forte.be> ---
Are you asking that the dll.so libraries be provided in separate packages?

I see two issue with that:

1. If you replace a dll.so file with another from a different source, you'll
run into ABI incompatibilities between the dll.so and the wineserver
executable.

2. Multiple wine packages can be installed at once. Users will have a hard time
installing library packages for the appropriate wine package.

Overall, I don't see the benefit of such a 'pluggable' dll.so architecture.

Just install the one or two custom wine packages that you need for your apps
and you'll be going.

App developers/packagers should NEVER package wine with their app but provide
instructions or automate the installation of the wine package from its
repository (official or custom).

Users testing third party wine by trial and error is good for them but useless
for developers: Most third party wine use hacks and that's why they stay out of
official wine.

And if an app doesn't run with official wine, file a bug report (if there isn't
one already). Fixing bugs in official wine is better than requiring the use of
custom wine packages.

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