Just a few weeks ago, I reported a regression according to which Bryce 5.5 would
at least display its application window correctly, until WINE v0.9.56 came
along. Next, I posted here hoping that WINE developers would at least test Bryce
themselves, to try working on this bug. And to that end, I had given a URL here,
from which the application can be downloaded for free.
It was due to my own error, that I had failed to pick up quickly the fact, that
the DAZ Web-site requires people to register first, before getting a product
key, even though the application finally is free. This hurdle probably deterred
WINE developers from getting their own Bryce 5.5 copy, either because it's a
time hassle, or because it may even produce a conflict with the license, that
may not cover the use of the free version for software development.
So even as WINE 0.9.60 came out, it was left to chance whether Bryce 5.5 would
run again on it. And when I saw that the regression had not been fixed, I saw no
real reason to complain, because of the oversight on my part.
But now I just thought, that I should point out this unfortunate fact after all.
When launching Bryce, WINE displays the GUI briefly for a fraction of a second,
and then the various windows, which don't have normal borders as a course of
how this app is designed, turn black.
I would hope that WINE's RC3 and v1.0 won't be designed, so that it will
mainly run the 4 testing-criteria apps, but won't run many other programs,
such as Bryce. I have a lot of paid-for graphics software, which I still hope
will one day run under WINE, because in fact many of them won't under Vista,
which I refuse ever to buy. {:-)}
Dirk
Maybe this may disappoint you... but with the code freeze starting from today if the release comes, there won't probably be any fixes until 1.0.0 for applications not platinum before. Chances for a fix increase if this affects other applications, otherwise your chance of being fixed is under normal circumstances something like less than 1:3000 (when it's nor a bug worrying one of the developpers). Even if getting fixes, my own (personal) estimate between a bug you report and it's fix (when your are lucky and it's not urgent) is about 2 month and (without code freeze) maybe earlier with a good description of the problem and a regression test.
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, dirkmitt <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:> Just a few weeks ago, I reported a regression according to which Bryce 5.5 would at least display its application window correctly, until WINE v0.9.56 came along. Next, I posted here hoping that WINE developers would at least test Bryce themselves, to try working on this bug. And to that end, I had given a URL here, from which the application can be downloaded for free. > > It was due to my own error, that I had failed to pick up quickly the fact, that the DAZ Web-site requires people to register first, before getting a product key, even though the application finally is free. This hurdle probably deterred WINE developers from getting their own Bryce 5.5 copy, either because it's a time hassle, or because it may even produce a conflict with the license, that may not cover the use of the free version for software development. > > So even as WINE 0.9.60 came out, it was left to chance whether Bryce 5.5 would run again on it. And when I saw that the regression had not been fixed, I saw no real reason to complain, because of the oversight on my part. > > But now I just thought, that I should point out this unfortunate fact after all. When launching Bryce, WINE displays the GUI briefly for a fraction of a second, and then the various windows, which don't have normal borders as a course of how this app is designed, turn black. > > I would hope that WINE's RC3 and v1.0 won't be designed, so that it will mainly run the 4 testing-criteria apps, but won't run many other programs, such as Bryce. I have a lot of paid-for graphics software, which I still hope will one day run under WINE, because in fact many of them won't under Vista, which I refuse ever to buy. {:-)} > > Dirk > > > > > >What bug report is this?
Timeout wrote:> Maybe this may disappoint you... > > but with the code freeze starting from today if the release comes, there won't probably be any fixes until 1.0.0 for applications not platinum before. >There better be fixes only! Or what's the point of the freeze?
I have to admit, that instead of filing a bug report, I just placed an entry in the application database describing my problem. Yet, there seems to have been somebody named "Scorpioprise" running Ubuntu who got WINE to work properly, and who rated it Platinum. It's unfortunate that the other guy did not post in his appdb article, how he did that, and some other testers reported problems with it. If you're reading this, Scorpioprise, could you kindly tell us what tricks you used to get it working? BTW, I have completely reformatted the HD on my Linux computer recently, and installed the newer version of Kanotix named Thorhammer-RC6 on it. This left my WINE C: drive blank. But this in itself didn't seem to change the behaviour of Bryce. And I also did upgrade to WINE 0.9.61 , just with the same result. Dirk