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Date:      Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:03:51 -0400
From:      Kris Moore <kris@pcbsd.org>
To:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Request for feedback] Improved DirectX in Wine ports (packages available)
Message-ID:  <533B1BA7.7060409@pcbsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <2019583.7Lafq9KXka@dragon.dg>
References:  <2019583.7Lafq9KXka@dragon.dg>

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On 03/31/2014 14:02, David Naylor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It has been requested by some community members that the custom DirectX patches by stefand [1] be integrated into the Wine port.  As this requires a non-trivial amount of work I would like to assess the community's interest in these patches.  
>
> For those who do not know what these patches do: it is reported that they improve the performance of DirectX games and could possibly fix regressions on FreeBSD.  
>
> To try out the packages please either install the packages directly from the mirrors [2] or issue the following commands:
> # mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos
> # fetch -o /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos http://people.freebsd.org/~dbn/repos/wine-cs.conf
> # fetch -o /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos http://people.freebsd.org/~dbn/repos/wine-cs.cert
> # pkg update
> # pkg install -r wine i386-wine-cs
>
> The packages, although labelled 1.7.15 (for the Wine version they are based on) are based on cs-0.6.  
>
> If you find the packages useful, please report back to me.  If there is sufficient support (i.e. enough people reply in the positive) then I'll publish the packages on a regular basis and maintain the appropriate ports.  
>
> Regards
>
> [1] https://github.com/stefand/wine/releases
> [2] http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/dbn/repos/wine-cs/

David,

We are very interested for sure. Wine is one of our most popular
packages, and any patches which improve its functionality on BSD will be
much appreciated :)

-- 
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
iXsystems



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