Re: Wine

[Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl>]

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Ron Johnson wrote:
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>>> That is just plain ignorance on the part of the person who made that
>>> statement.  The package format has not changed.  It would be stupid for
>>> Ubuntu to do something like that, since all package management tools
>>> (apt, dpkg, etc) would need updating to deal with a new format.
> 
>> To quote http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb
> 
>> Packages here are designed to function on Ubuntu Edgy (6.10) and Dapper
>> (6.06). Packages here used to also work for Debian unstable, however due
>> to changes in Debian this no longer works and our Ubuntu maintainer is
>> unable to support them. If you can help provide up-to-date Debian
>> packages, please contact Scott Ritchie.
> 
> Who's Scott Ritchie?  The DD is Ove Kaaven <ovek@arcticnet.no>.
> 

Scott Richie is the person in charge of building the Debian type distro
packages.  His name is listed as the Ubunutu and the Debian Maintainer
on Wine HQ's website.

I have no idea why they think he is the DD.  In any event, they claim
that the Ubuntu packages don't work with Sid.  I just got back from
installing a system for a friend, and installed wine and it worked with
no trouble at all.  But, I put Linux Mint on her machine, so it's not a
wonder that the Ubuntu package worked.

Why did I put Mint on her machine instead of Debian?  Because she's a
clueless person who has no idea how a computer works and cannot handle
updates and just wants stuff to work.  I didn't feel like supporting
her, so I let the Mint community  do it.  It's almost Debian anyway, and
she needed a working Wine.  Her Moraff's Majongh works just fine.

Joe

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