Wine Project Frustration and Forking

Elektroschock writes "Wine attempts to implement the Windows API layer on Linux. There are some limitations and an important one is the missing DIB engine, bug 421. Chris Howe comprehends the dissatisfaction of core developers with the arbitrary project governance: 'Sorry to sound like a stuck record but the Wine website still lists "write a DIB engine" as a requirement, and every time someone does, the patches disappear down a hole because they're "not right." Someone document what "would be right," or take "write a DIB engine" off the list. I'd love to have a go at documenting it myself, but I don't have the time to reverse engineer it from a few years' worth of rejected solutions.' The latest attempt of Massimo Del Fedel satisfied all requirements set previously for the long standing bug 421, and his optional engine seems to work fine by all Wine quality standards. He seems to be extraordinary stubborn and insusceptible to mobbing. Usually it is extremely frustrating for developers when the goalpost is constantly moved. When is the right time for project members to fork when their chief maintainer does not respond anymore or pursues an adverse commercial agenda?"

Comments

Whining about Wine

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll take a glass of red.

Re:Whining about Wine

[fractoid]

Would you like some Cheese with your Wine? ;)

Re:When?

[Anonymous Coward]

I found this site where you can list a link to wherever you want. It's called The Open Web Direcory. I think we could really give these guys a good bit of /fun/. If you know what I'm talking about.

Re:red and white wine?

[fractoid]

What's wrong with Merlot? I mean, I prefer Cab. Sav. personally but Merlot isn't bad once in a while...

Re:red and white wine?

[ogl_codemonkey]

In response to your signature, I wish to inform you that the logical '&&' operator, when executed on two integral operands is defined to result in the Boolean evaluation of their equivalence. Please, allow me to demonstrate with some rudimentary code:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main() {
    cout << (int)(-1 && -1) << endl;
    return 0;
}

As we can plainly see that '-1' is in fact equal and equivalent to itself (without some peculiar paradox of identity), and thusly '-1 && -1 == 1'; I am somewhat perplexed by your need to assert that '-1 && -1 != -1', and by reduction; '1 != -1'.

My question to you is this; who is it that you wish to correct on this matter, and how do they continue to exist in the scope of whatever singularity or particle experiment which so separates them from our laws of mathematics and logic?

Lastly, while they are there, can they pick me up a new flux capacitor?

Re:red and white wine?

[john_roy]

I think his signature is not a mathematical one. But even if you try to dessicate it with boolean logic I think you logic as some flaws.

-1:Troll && -1:Flamebait != -1


Assuming this is not a regular expression in C++ or even any language I think we cannot discard the Troll and Flamebait modifiers. They can be many things. They can be functions:

Troll(-1) && Flamebait(-1) != -1
Witch I'm sure you agree that it can be a true expression.
And they could be type modifiers:

(Troll) -1 && (Flamebait) -1 != -1

Witch you will agree that could be a true expression as well depending on the cast conventions of those type modifiers.

Slashdot Looks Like Shit

[Anonymous Coward]

Somebody broke slashdot.

You can't even see comment titles in Firefox.

What the fuck is wrong with slashdot developers???

I know bugs happen , but this site consistently has blatantly visible bugs that should be apparent without any serious testing.

I mean, it looks totally fucking broken.

fucking amateurs.

Re:red and white wine?

[syousef]

Why would a drunk man try to eat wine with a fork?

Maybe it's frozen

Shouldn't he be fairly good at drinking wine correctly?

Perhaps he's attached to an IV alcohol drip ;-)