On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, David Elliott wrote:
> If you want to do system-wide configuration you do it in HKLM (or in
> /etc on UNIX).
So? The global wine.userreg (with .Default) will reside in /etc, right?
> You can write a shell script to export HKEY_USERS\.Default and then sed it to
> HKEY_USERS\username and then import it.
No plans. That has "user-unfriendly" spelled all over it. It's okay if a
system administrator has to do some work to make a wine installation work
for everyone, but there should not be extra setup work per user!
> I understand your argument that this is stupid, but that is how it is supposed
> to work.
No, it isn't. Windows was never supposed to work on top of the Unix
security and filesystem model, and Wine was never supposed to be developed
in the way it has, so don't give me that.
> Also, you shouldn't absolutely NEED a setting in HKEY_CURRENT_USER to
> run a program.
But you do, as has been shown time and time again. Installers need Shell
Folders and probably other stuff that we figure out later and have to add
to winedefault.reg... wouldn't it be nice if all system administrators
could retro-add the new keys we figured out we need, without going through
every single user's account?
