[Bug 45085] Provide packages for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver

[wine-bugs at winehq.org]

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45085

--- Comment #8 from Forest <forestcode at ixio.org> ---
Exacerbating the problem: The source code archives and package build scripts
for winehq's ubuntu packages are apparently not published.  They are not where
they are supposed to be according to the official debian/ubuntu sources.list
file (the deb-src entry that gets created when someone follows the official
apt-add-repository instructions), they don't seem to be referenced anywhere
else obvious, and nobody at the wine project has been forthcoming about how to
get them. [1][2][3]

So, winehq.org is distributing binary packages without making their sources
available. This makes it impossible for the people using those packages to
reproduce them, let alone port them to a newer OS release.

At a quick glance, it looks like this might be more than just a frustration for
users, but also an LGPL violation:
"4. You may copy and distribute the Library (or a portion or derivative of it,
under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections
1 and 2 above provided that you accompany it with the complete corresponding
machine-readable source code"

If the ubuntu package issue does't deserve importance: critical status, then
perhaps a new bug report describing this underlying problem does.

[1] Notice the absence of an answer in this thread:
https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-devel/2018-May/127507.html
[2] Nobody had an answer for me on the two occasions when I asked on
#winehackers irc this week.
[3] Nobody responded when I emailed the package maintainers listed at
https://wiki.winehq.org/Download

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