[plug] transgaming, patch not accepted, 'too easy'

[Craig Foster]

Debian-install's been doing that for years! :)

CraigF.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of John Knight
> Sent: Saturday, 1 May 2004 12:52 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] transgaming, patch not accepted, 'too easy'
> 
> G'day all!
> 
> I've run into an interesting turn of events in the last few 
> days. If any of you have ever used winex, you'd probably know 
> that there's the binary version and the free cvs version. 
> winex is is built from wine, but with added features, like 
> direct3d support, etc.
> 
> With the cvs version, the 'wineinstall' script isn't fully 
> functional. It takes the script form the original wine 
> project and adds a few bits and bobs. The problem is that the 
> default entries when it asks the user to create directories 
> don't work, plus it skips making a directory (for system32), 
> which causes the registry to not install properly, hence not 
> fully functional. In order to get winex (cvs version) to 
> install properly, you must run through the script once (even 
> though it will partly fail), change the fake windows path to 
> ~/.transgaming/c_drive, then go into the fae windows 
> directory, as a windows/system32 direcetory, and run the script again.
> 
> Confusing I know! I made a few simple changes to the script 
> so that all the user has to do is hit enter at the defaults 
> and it'll work properly, and you only have ot run through 
> once (it's now fully functional). However, when I submitted 
> this patch to transgaming, they rejected it on the grounds 
> that it will make things too easy for cvs users.
> 
> This is interesting, as they are delibirately keeping it 
> crippled to make it harder for the public. Any comments? 
> Anyone want the patch? ;)
> 
> John
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