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Alexandre Julliard9283bb32002-12-20 01:27:13 +00001This is release 20021219 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on
Douglas Ridgway692389d1998-11-22 16:56:44 +00002Unix. This is still a developers only release. There are many bugs
3and unimplemented features. Most applications still do not work
4correctly.
Alexandre Julliard3a5816f1994-12-27 14:11:53 +00005
Alexandre Julliard64a49d32002-04-12 01:04:32 +00006Patches should be submitted to "wine-patches@winehq.com". Please don't
7forget to include a ChangeLog entry.
Alexandre Julliard3a5816f1994-12-27 14:11:53 +00008
Alexandre Julliard9283bb32002-12-20 01:27:13 +00009WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20021219: (see ChangeLog for details)
10 - DLL linking now done through import libraries.
11 - A couple of new tools to make Winelib easier to use.
12 - Many Direct3D improvements.
13 - Improved Windows compatibility of the regression tests.
Alexandre Julliard64a49d32002-04-12 01:04:32 +000014 - Lots of bug fixes.
Alexandre Julliard3a5816f1994-12-27 14:11:53 +000015
16See the README file in the distribution for installation instructions.
17
18Because of lags created by using mirror, this message may reach you before
19the release is available at the ftp sites. The sources will be available
20from the following locations:
21
Alexandre Julliard9283bb32002-12-20 01:27:13 +000022 http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/development/Wine-20021219.tar.gz
23 ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/sunsite/ALPHA/wine/development/Wine-20021219.tar.gz
24 ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/sunsite.unc.edu/ALPHA/wine/development/Wine-20021219.tar.gz
25 ftp://orcus.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/Wine/development/Wine-20021219.tar.gz
Alexandre Julliarde2abbb11995-03-19 17:39:39 +000026
Alexandre Julliard15dfb4d2000-12-03 04:29:05 +000027It should also be available from any other site that mirrors ibiblio.org.
Alexandre Julliard21c3dfa2002-11-25 22:45:09 +000028These locations also hold pre-built documentation packages in various
29formats: wine-doc-html.tar.gz, wine-doc-txt.tar.gz,
30wine-doc-pdf.tar.gz and wine-doc-ps.tar.gz.
Alexandre Julliard3a5816f1994-12-27 14:11:53 +000031
Alexandre Julliard4ba574d1998-10-18 17:19:57 +000032You can also get the current source directly from the CVS tree. Check
Alexandre Julliard8877c662002-05-09 20:37:26 +000033http://www.winehq.com/development/ for details.
Alexandre Julliard4ba574d1998-10-18 17:19:57 +000034
Alexandre Julliard3a5816f1994-12-27 14:11:53 +000035If you submitted a patch, please check to make sure it has been
36included in the new release.
37
Alexandre Julliard65fcd9e2001-03-26 20:57:09 +000038If you want to receive by mail a patch against the previous release
39when a new one is released, you can subscribe to the mailing list at
Alexandre Julliard7bdf2ff2002-10-08 02:03:41 +000040http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-releases.
Alexandre Julliard3a5816f1994-12-27 14:11:53 +000041
Alexandre Julliardd37eb361997-07-20 16:23:21 +000042Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file
43AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list.
Alexandre Julliard3a5816f1994-12-27 14:11:53 +000044
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46Alexandre Julliard
Alexandre Julliard230479f2000-07-16 21:10:05 +000047julliard@winehq.com