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On Monday, I took part in the first Wine Bug Day (one of hopefully many). It was a great success, I managed to rope in some support from some friends specifically Sean and Yorik both of whom are Wine users, not Wine developers (yet!).
And it wasn't just us, there was of course Scott Ritchie who organized the thing, but also several users popped up in #winehackers asking for others to change the status of their bugs. It was all quite exciting in a weird kind of way.
On Monday, I took part in the first Wine Bug Day (one of hopefully many). It was a great success, I managed to rope in some support from some friends specifically Sean and Yorik both of whom are Wine users, not Wine developers (yet!).
And it wasn't just us, there was of course Scott Ritchie who organized the thing, but also several users popped up in #winehackers asking for others to change the status of their bugs. It was all quite exciting in a weird kind of way.
Patches rarely receive feedback - positive or negative - on the wine-patches list
Patches that are rejected aren't labelled as such, or publicly given a reason for why they were.
Hundreds of patches don't get in, that just need a tweak or two, that would REALLY improve the wine experience.
These failed patches can't easily be seen by anyone unless they know exactly what to Google for.
Improving the patch process for Wine as he describes really could deliver some huge results quickly and without a whole lot more work. And that's just short term. Over the long haul it could make progress a lot faster.
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