Odd Mantic/Wine/BK7 problem

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2024-01-14 at 21:29 +0000, Grizzlly via ubuntu-users wrote:
> Last night I did a full-upgrade of Mantic ehich included Wine 9 rc4 to Wine 
> rc5

Hi,

you are probably using a third party repository to get those release
candidate, since neither mantic, nor noble provide wine 9

"wine (8.0.1~repack-3ubuntu2) [universe]" -
https://packages.ubuntu.com/mantic/wine

"wine (8.0.1~repack-3ubuntu2) [universe]" -
https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/wine

FWIW I'm using wine-staging on a rolling release and even this version
is < 9, but actually it's flagged as out-of-date.

$ pacman -Q wine-staging 
wine-staging 8.21-1

While there's nothing wrong with using the development or staging
branch, consider to downgrade to the stale release.

"Latest Releases
Stable:
Wine 8.0.2 (shortlog)
Development:
Wine 9.0-rc5 (shortlog)" - https://www.winehq.org/

"1.3.1 Wine from WineHQ

Wine is an open source project, and there are accordingly many different
versions of Wine for you to choose from. WineHQ currently offers time-
based releases in two branches: stable and development.

The stable branch is on an annual release schedule, with minor updates
as needed (usually every 10-12 weeks). This version is intended for
users whose applications and games already work well in the existing
code, and who are not interested in testing new versions.

The development is on a biweekly release schedule. This branch is the
main branch, where bug fixing occurs and new features are added. It is
recommended for users who want or need the latest features and bugfixes.
Users of applications/games for which the stable branch does not work
should always test the development release before filing bugs.

Since September, 2015 there has been a third official branch known as
staging. This branch includes several hundred experimental patches that
are not yet ready for inclusion in the main branch and is recommended
for users of applications/games affected by bugs marked STAGED as well
as those interested in helping to test experimental patches." -
https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_User%27s_Guide#Wine_from_WineHQ

Regards,
Ralf