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

[Adrian Woodley]

John Knight wrote:

Yeah, I wouldn't mind that patch.

> 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
>
> "...it was brilliant, there was three up against a thousand, and boy, 
> did we give those three heaps!"
>
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