jpka <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:>
>Hi! I also need regression testing. Sadly, while try to install wine into my
Ubuntu 10.10, for some old versions of Wine
>like wine-1.0, i get errors like
>
There is a major problem here. If a program works with Wine 1.0.1 but does not
with Wine 1.2.2, there are about 3500 changes to the code. It would be better
if a more current version were tested, say wine 1.1.42 before starting a
regression test sequence.>
>There are many talks about this error on internet (not only for Wine
installer) but no any solution suggested... Maybe
>it's due to changes in newer /usr/bin/install itself, i don't know.
Please help me. But please not suggest 'not install
>wine but run it locally', it's not work: wine-1.0 taken from Ubuntu
repos, and wine-1.0 compiled myself and run from home
>folder, gives different results.
There is a reason for this. Some of the repos 'patch' Wine to work
around known issues. This is HIGHLY discouraged as this skews results when
people try to use Wine. It also makes any tests run against them immediately
invalid. We request for good reasons that all regression tests start on a
clean, downloaded version of Wine from the git repository. This is so that
others can replicate and validate your results. Starting with a poorly patched
version of Wine will end up in frustration on everyone's part.
Regression testing is incumbent on the person reporting the error, unless they
can solict assistance from a Wine developer with the same system, that is
hardware/software/Wine build as you do. This is one of the reasons the project
askes for bug reporters to run the test. The problem may NOT lie with Wine, but
rather your system. Sad to say, but you have to do this yourself, especially
given the scope of the number of changes needed to be tested.
James McKenzie
