[Wine] Never had an app work in WINE

[Scott]

On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 07:02:56PM +0000, David Gerard wrote:
> On 2 March 2010 18:55, Scott <drmemory at 3rivers.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 07:25:58PM -0600, jorl17 wrote:
> 
> >> Run a regression test. It isn't hard at all. Report info,
> >> collaborate as requested and test possible fixes.
> 
> > How about pointing me to a link that tells me what a regression test
> > is and how to go about running one? As I said, I'm completely new to
> > wine, and have limited time. I am *not* as you imply, unwilling to try
> > to investigate the problem, I just need a hint or two on how to proceed.
> 
> 
> Top of the forum is the FAQ post. Links to here:
> 
> http://wiki.winehq.org/ForumGuidelines
> 
> In there it says to read the FAQ, in which question 8.3 answers
> precisely what you've asked:
> 
> http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-fd8633fd03252fcf76c252a853d689ab0b440af1
> 
> I hope this makes the evidence for the presumption that you weren't
> willing to do anything a bit clearer.
> 

Well, if the app has never worked in wine before to anyone's
knowledge, what good would a 'regression test' do anyway, now that I
see what one is?

Question 8.5 is probably more germane:

   If you are a programmer and know C, then start debugging Wine and help
   us make it better! If you can't, then you will have to either convince
   a Wine developer to try and make your program work (there must be a
   downloadable version or demo for that).

So I guess I need to brush up on my C..... I'll get back to you in a
couple of years. Thanks for the help and encouragement.

scott.