[Wine] Fwd: Re: Any progress on bug 16147?

[Robert Benjamin]

On 10/13/2010 10:19 AM, James Mckenzie wrote:
> Robert Benjamin<benjie1 at cox.net>  wrote:
>> Sent: Oct 13, 2010 4:26 AM
>> To: wine-users at winehq.org
>> Subject: Re: [Wine] Fwd: Re: Any progress on bug 16147?
>>
>> Just wondering why I haven't had a reply about the webcam problem
>> with iSpQ and icuii. There are a few previous posts about testing the
>> cam from Gert but nothing lately.
> Maybe because no one is working on this (mostly) voluteer project on webcams at this time, or someone is quietly doing so and will release a fix when it is ready.  Gert may be doing so.  Have you filed or updated a bug report with this information?  If so, progress will be reported through the bugzilla and not here.
>
>> Is it a priority problem that puts webcams at the bottom of the list?
> No, getting a patch into Wine is a lengthy and necessarily difficult process.  This takes time (I have been working on a patch for over two years to add a function to richedit and continue to do so.)  There have been patches for non-storage USB devices, like WebCams that were submitted and rejected, several times.
>
> Again, be patient.  It will take time, sometimes a long time, for a proper fix to be created to allow webcams to be used with Wine.  You have been told this several times by several people.
>
> James McKenzie
>
> Thanks James. I'm just a bit over-anxious to hear anything and soory about that. Replies come so fast here that I thought mine got lost in the shuffle. Had no idea it could take years. Will wait. Again, sorry for being over-ansious. Take care.             Bob