AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Roland Kaeser
HelloCodeweavers version of Wine has changes that Alexandre deemsunacceptable for the "clean" WineHQ tree.If this is that way, it would be real a horror. Why are code patches which allows a huge major app (key application) to run on linux "unacceptable" (From point of view of the MS users). Do we

Re: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread jimtabor
wine VERSION stated it. Amazing! James - Ursprüngliche Mail Von: Jim White [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Roland Kaeser [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: wine-devel@winehq.com Gesendet: Freitag, den 15. September 2006, 19:41:45 Uhr Betreff: Re: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003 Roland Kaeser

Re: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread James Hawkins
On 9/15/06, Roland Kaeser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Codeweavers version of Wine has changes that Alexandre deems unacceptable for the clean WineHQ tree. If this is that way, it would be real a horror. Why are code patches which allows a huge major app (key application) to run on linux

AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Roland Kaeser
Are you a software developer of any kind?This is a professional opensource product, and we only allow the cleanest code in our tree.Wineis one of the most impressive pieces of software I've ever had thechance to work on.I, and all the other developers of Wine, do notwant hacks in the code base,

Re: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Michael [Plouj] Ploujnikov
Just think about the goal, users don't interst the coding quality of the sourcecode, they just want to run their windows apps on linux. It might not be evident right away, but the fact is that the quality of the code directly affects the usability of the resulting program. You might think that

Re: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Stephen Eilert
On 9/16/06, Roland Kaeser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you a software developer of any kind? This is a professional open source product, and we only allow the cleanest code in our tree. Wine is one of the most impressive pieces of software I've ever had the chance to work on. I, and all the

Re: AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Colin Wright
(Reformatted to bottom-posting) Roland Kaeser wrote: - Ursprüngliche Mail Von: Jim White [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Roland Kaeser [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: wine-devel@winehq.com Gesendet: Freitag, den 15. September 2006, 19:41:45 Uhr Betreff: Re: Already Error while installing MS

Re: AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Detlef Riekenberg
On Sa, 2006-09-16 at 06:34 +, Roland Kaeser wrote: Why don't just accept the code? You want stable software, don't you? There is enough time later to make it more beautiful or correct it to a better quality. Who will do it later? Nobody! But for the moment, some of the code directly

AW: AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Roland Kaeser
You want stable software, don't you?Yes but not for the price of developing 10 years for a software.And break other Applications.Not urgentlyHey guys can't anybody see the reason? The wine project (or the finish of itself) could bring linux the breakthrough. I know a lot of people who asks as

Re: AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Stephen Eilert
: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003 On Sa, 2006-09-16 at 06:34 +, Roland Kaeser wrote: Why don't just accept the code? You want stable software, don't you? There is enough time later to make it more beautiful or correct it to a better quality. Who will do it later? Nobody

Re: AW: AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Chris Robinson
On Saturday 16 September 2006 10:54, Roland Kaeser wrote: And break other Applications. Not urgently Depends on the application, no? Try to get the latest and greatest programs working, you run a strong risk of breaking old programs and games. People still do play/use old games/programs, so

AW: AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Roland Kaeser
- Ursprüngliche Mail Von: Detlef Riekenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Roland Kaeser [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Jim White [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wine-devel@winehq.com Gesendet: Samstag, den 16. September 2006, 19:16:34 Uhr Betreff: Re: AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003 On Sa, 2006-09-16 at 06:34

Re: AW: AW: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-16 Thread Kopfgeldjaeger
Hi, what do you think about a wine branch that contains all available patches? There should be a list with all those patches and as far as possible information what a patch fixes/breaks and what would be required to get it into the main wine. And it would be nice if the action of patches can be

Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-15 Thread Roland Kaeser
Hello Just tried to test install office 2003 on wine 0.9.21. But getting already errors. I read in C't (german it magazine) that office 2003 works on codeweavers. Can somebody declare me this? Does codeweavers voluntary not provide the corrections to wine to sell their product? Looks very strange

Re: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-15 Thread Vijay Kiran Kamuju
May be Alexander might have rejected some patches on wine for MSI that went to codeweavers. A guess of course. On 9/15/06, Roland Kaeser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Just tried to test install office 2003 on wine 0.9.21. But getting already errors. I read in C't (german it magazine) that

Re: Already Error while installing MS Office 2003

2006-09-15 Thread Jim White
Roland Kaeser wrote: Just tried to test install office 2003 on wine 0.9.21. But getting already errors. I read in C't (german it magazine) that office 2003 works on codeweavers. Can somebody declare me this? Does codeweavers voluntary not provide the corrections to wine to sell their product?