On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Avery Pennarun <apenw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> the winelib version was quite a flop.... too many problems >> >> Indeed. One should never release naked winelib apps. >> Instead, one should bundle the windows version >> with a private copy of Wine, like Picasa (and >> now at least one other app) have done. > > Why is that better? What's the point of winelib then?
Winelib is mostly useful when recompiling a windows app to run on a non-x86 platform (where win32 compilers aren't available). You could also use it to build a linux plugin for a windows app running on Wine. In either case, you probably want to bundle the Wine runtime with the app rather than trying to run against whatever Wine the user has. - Dan
