Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> writes: >> The problem is that if mingw+wine doesn't work for me (as developer) I >> won't be able to produce Windows package and feel confident that they >> will work. > > You can also produce or test the Windows packages on real Windows, to get > confidence, no?
Of course. So, maybe we can adapt a philosophy to encourage reporters (me included) to reproduce problems under Windows before filing bugs about problems under Wine? That is fine with me, and I will make an effort to reproduce under real Windows before filing bugs I notice under Wine in the future. Having a native Windows auto-builder would be useful here, I'll see if I can find a spare machine and a Windows license somewhere... >> Also, I think a fair number of people actually do use Windows software >> via Wine. > > That's true for closed-source software. Also for GPLed software?? Yes I believe so. Typically these people use Wine to get interoperability with some piece of non-GPL software or to develop for the Windows platform. For example, I have installed the Windows version of MSYS and Emacs on my debian machine and use them via Wine. /Simon
