Because it's a tedious and boring task to narrow down those unknown bugs in
closed-source apps. And that's exactly why we ask you (since you got access
to the sources) to tell us what the application is trying to do which
doesn't work in Wine...
Ahem. And how long it usually takes to fix the bug for not-top-10
application? And please, don't suggest to fix it ourselves - it is not going
to happen in corporate environment.
As for 'tell us what the application is trying to do' - you've got all APIs
in your hands, so what's the problem to track down system calls? The issue
our app is experiencing is quite a subtle one - it works Ok with Managed=N
or with Desktop=YYYxZZZ (or from CrossOver BTW), but with default WineHQ
distribution when it tries to minimize one of it's top-level windows with an
explicit call to ShowWindow, the window is not only minimized, but also
reduced to 1x1 pixel; when restoring it, sometimes it is restored normally,
sometimes not. This behaviour was reported for Gnome/KDE/Xfce and can be
fixed with 'Managed' or 'Desktop' settings I've mentioned above.
(we checked relevant portions of our code though for potential bugs and
found nothing)
Even if your application relies on undocumented behaviour ("potential bugs"
heh) it should work - if it doesn't that's a bug in Wine which should be
fixed.
Well, in fact WINE compatibility wasn't our goal in such a check (WINE
installation base is still negligible, and probably will remain negligible
until some attention will be paid to out-of-the-box compatibility - at least
like in CrossOver); it was just a good reason to check for potential
incompatibilities under 'native' Win platforms. Also note that having WINE
work perfectly is not our goal (personally I would like it, but the company
coudln't care less).
Managed=N breaks focusing for everything on my box (bug #2149)...
As it would fix the problem for 99% of our users, and won't affect those who
doesn't run our app, IMO it is still good enough.
Also I remember you've just told that fixing bugs is easy - why does it
still exist then?
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