[Bug 14810] WinHttp needs to be implemented

[Erich Hoover]

On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Juan Lang <juan.lang at gmail.com> wrote:

> > I am trying to argue that the bug does not warrant closure, wine-devel
> does
> > not seem like an appropriate venue for such a discussion.
>
> It depends on the bug.  The consensus seems to be that this bug is
> invalid, and I'm inclined to agree.  A better bug would be something
> about Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Beta and how it fails.  The bug,
> as you opened it, doesn't have enough details about the specific
> failure you're trying to fix.

At the time I opened the bug that would not have done any good, the only
thing I could have said at that time is that it failed on WinHttpOpen.
After minimally implementing things I could now have added a more complete
list if the bug were still open.

>
> > Honestly, I believe that this problem illustrates the need for these kind
> of
> > bugs - if I had found a bug for WinHttp in bugzilla assigned to Zac then
> I
> > could easily contact him.  I do not have time to monitor wine-devel in
> order
> > keep track of what everyone is working on so that I can keep from
> stepping
> > on people's toes.
>
> If not stepping on someone's toes is your wish, is it too much to ask
> that you ask on wine-devel?  You don't have to read it on a regular
> basis to post a question, and it's rather well known that Zac's been
> working on WinHttp.  We could have pointed you in the right direction.

While this is not a particularly efficient mechanism for solving these kinds
of problems, I can do that in the future.  Would you mind pointing me in the
direction of Zac's patches?

>
> --Juan
>
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