[Wine] Re: Wineboot: useless dialog

[jeffz]

James McKenzie wrote:
> sotel wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I wonder about something, which disturb me:
> > thisone (wineboot.c):
> > 
> > Code:
> > static INT_PTR CALLBACK wait_dlgproc( HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wp, LPARAM lp )
> > {
> > switch (msg)
> > {
> > case WM_INITDIALOG:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Why is this there?
> > 
> > 
> Maybe because some Windows programs expect it to be there? 
> 
> 
> > I'm still dedicated to the UNIX philosophy: If there is no error, be quit.
> > I didn't like that wine is getting more and more this verbiage used in windows. 
> > 
> > 
> You must not understand, oh young one, that Wine is a COMPLETE 
> implementation of the Windows 32 (and now Windows 64) API, bugs and 
> problems.  We cannot and will not 'choose and pick' what functionality 
> that will or will not be built into this project.  Microsoft already did 
> this for us.
> 
> > A car brake wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > You just push the brake. You really want to slowdown your speed? Press OK or Cancel
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> If that happens, I'll crash the car.
> 
> 
> > Please, please, let this things away. Do wine in a chaste and simple way.
> > 
> > 
> 
> No.  Please read my comment above.  Wine IS NOT LINUX/UNIX.  Wine IS THE 
> WINDOWS API.  They are and will not be the same.
> 
> James McKenzie


Personally I agree with the original poster, it's an annoying dialog.  If nothing is wrong why do I need to see it?

James, it makes no sense for a windows program to expect a dialog from wineboot.  It has nothing to do with compatibility.  I would wager it's there so that users understand something is happening in the background.