- New GPhoto backend for TWAIN.
- Dynamic drive configuration using HAL.
- A gazillion Direct3D fixes.
- New TCP transport for RPC.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- New Winelib Internet Explorer application (all 5 lines of it).
- Several improvements to the font support.
- More work on the IDL compiler.
- Faster drawing of the cards in Solitaire (very important feature).
- A number of fixes for issues found by the Coverity code cheker.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Fake dll files created in the system directory to help installers.
- Desktop mode now properly supports multiple processes.
- Better type parsing in dbghelp.
- Several OpenGL fixes.
- A bunch of Unicode functions in advpack.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Improved ESD audio driver.
- More Web browser improvements in mshtml and wininet.
- Direct3D fixes and preparation for ddraw code migration.
- Explorer process now managing the desktop window.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Many new features and improvements in Richedit.
- More Web browser support.
- Recursive directory change notifications.
- Wine installation is now fully relocatable.
- Direct3D 8 and 9 now use the same code.
- Many debugger improvements.
- Systray is now handled by the explorer process.
- Lots of bug fixes
0.9.8:
- Better Web browser support.
- Beginnings of a Wordpad application.
- Many richedit improvements.
- A number of Direct3D fixes.
- A few more options in winecfg.
- Lots of bug fixes.
0.9.7:
- Directory change notifications can use inotify now.
- Hardware breakpoints in the Wine debugger.
- Beginnings of support for tape APIs.
- A bunch of improvements to the IDL compiler.
- Better scheme for mapping My Documents etc. to Unix directories.
- Lots of bug fixes.
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- A bunch of OLE fixes and improvements.
- DirectSound improvements, including full duplex support.
- Fix for the Windows metafile vulnerability.
- Many static control improvements.
- Some fixes for copy protection support.
- Lots of bug fixes.
This is release 0.9 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
After 12 years of development, this release marks the beginning of the
beta testing phase. Everybody is encouraged to try it; while there
are still bugs, most applications are expected to at least install and
do something useful.
- Joystick force feedback support.
- Beginnings of Win64 support.
- Many MSI fixes and cleanups.
- Font linking support.
- Several OLE fixes.
- Some fixes for MacOS/x86.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- A lot more theming support.
- Many improvements to the various crypto dlls.
- More LDAP support.
- Beginnings of an MSXML implementation.
- Better MSHTML support.
- Emulated version now set to Windows 2000 by default.
- Direct3D fixes and improvements.
- Lots of bug fixes.
* Beginnings of theme support in common controls.
* Many MSHTML improvements.
* A bunch of OLE fixes for InstallShield installers.
* Many Direct3D fixes and improvements.
* Beginnings of LDAP support.
* Various cleanups after removal of the config file.
* Lots of bug fixes.
- Mailslot support.
- Support for side mouse buttons (X buttons).
- More Richedit improvements.
- Loading of Windows registry files disabled for now.
- Many code cleanups.
- Lots of bug fixes.
Changes 20050524:
- Many MSI improvements.
- More features in the file manager.
- Better compatibility for Winelib import libraries.
- SGML documentation moved out of the source tree.
- Header files cleanups.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Initial implementation of a true Richedit control.
- Shell extension for browsing Unix directories.
- More MSI work.
- PBuffer support in OpenGL.
- Window painting regressions should be fixed.
- Lots of bug fixes.
* Still more work on the MSI dll.
* More OLE work, including a builtin stdole32.tlb.
* Fixed inter-process window resize and repaint.
* Lots of bug fixes.
- Many OLE bug fixes and improvements.
- A lot more work on the MSI dll.
- Update regions now handled in the Wine server.
- Beginnings of typelib generation in the IDL compiler.
- Many janitorial cleanups.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Many more filesystem improvements, including autodetection
of drive types and devices, and support for editing the drive
configuration with winecfg.
- Many Direct3D improvements.
- Several fixes to the various sound drivers.
- Lots of bug fixes
* DOS devices and drives are now configured through symlinks.
* Many shell32 improvements.
* New task manager merged from ReactOS.
* First version of wineprefixcreate tool for initial setup.
* Lots of bug fixes.
* Much improved winegcc tool, now used to build Wine itself.
* VxDs are now separate libraries for better modularity.
* Improvements and simplifications to the drive configuration.
* New setupapi INF script to create the initial registry.
* Many improvements to the various multimedia dlls.
* Lots of bug fixes.
- Improved support for screen resolution changes.
- More shell32 improvements.
- Several Winelib compatibility fixes.
- Beginnings of support for typelib creation.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Many improvements in the shell32 dll.
- Better support for constructors in C++ Winelib apps.
- Improved Regedit tool.
- Full support for graphic tablets.
- Lots of DirectMusic improvements.
- Better support for video playback.
- Full IME support for Asian locales.
- Lots of bug fixes.
Pkgsrc: wine does not seem to need unlimited data size (in fact, I tried
smaller limit then the default and it worked), so MESSAGE removed.
- Initial implementation of XDND drag&drop support.
- Improved startup performance on remote displays.
- Major improvements in the oleaut32 dll.
- Some support for Netbios functions.
- Work around for Exec Shield and prelinking troubles.
- Many code cleanups.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Many printing improvements.
- Run-time detection of NPTL threading.
- Lots of code merges from Crossover Office 2.1.
- Some reorganization of the source tree.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Many improvements to the winecfg configuration tool.
- Massive header files cleanup for better source compatibility.
- Some more progress on the kernel/ntdll separation.
- Lots of bug fixes.
Changes 20030813:
- Partial implementation of the Microsoft Installer (msi.dll).
- GUI for regedit (from ReactOS).
- DirectMusic dlls reorganization.
- Many Wininet improvements.
- Lots of bug fixes.
- Still more Direct3D and DirectSound improvements
- Inter-process clipboard support
- Locale handling improvements
- More progress on the kernel/ntdll separation
- Lots of bug fixes
Changes:
20021219
- DLL linking now done through import libraries.
- A couple of new tools to make Winelib easier to use.
- Many Direct3D improvements.
- Improved Windows compatibility of the regression tests.
- Lots of bug fixes.
20030115
- Much better header files compatibility in Winelib.
- A ton of Direct3D work.
- Many improvements in sound support.
- New wineboot tool to simulate a Windows reboot.
- Lots of bug fixes.
20030219
- Better dead keys support.
- Many debugger fixes.
- More Direct3D work.
- Lots of bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20021125: (see ChangeLog for details)
- Finished conversion to STRICT compilation mode.
- WinHelp revival.
- Client-side fonts supported even without RENDER extension.
- Regression tests no longer require Perl.
- Lots of bug fixes.
Changes:
- Complete listview overhaul.
- Beginnings of real RPC support.
- Most dlls now build properly in STRICT mode.
- Inter-process window activation and focus handling.
- Many improvements to AVI support.
- Lots of bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20021007: (see ChangeLog for details)
- Massive listview rewrite.
- New MS RLE codec.
- winemaker should be working again.
- Beginnings of Direct3D 8 support.
- Lots of bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20020904: (see ChangeLog for details)
- Much improved PowerPC support.
- More correct locale definitions.
- Progress on the conversion of handle types to pointers.
- Many Visio and Quicken fixes merged from Crossover.
- Lots of bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20020804: (see ChangeLog for details)
- Beginnings of an IDL compiler.
- Several new winedbg features.
- More OLE and shell improvements.
- NAS and AudioIO sound drivers.
- Still more Sparc portability fixes.
- Lots of bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20020509:
- More dll separation work.
- Many async I/O improvements.
- Still more unit tests.
- A lot less multimedia code.
- Many portability fixes, esp. for ReactOS.
- Lots of bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20020605:
- Better Mingw support, including cross-compilation on Linux.
- Still more dll separation work.
- Winelib applications now get loaded much like builtin dlls.
- Some command-line options replaced by config entries.
- Multimedia improvements, including an MP3 decoder.
- Massive whitespace cleanup.
- New Winelib file manager.
- Lots of bug fixes.
WHAT'S NEW with Wine-20020710:
- DirectSound 8 and DirectInput 8 support.
- Many OLE improvements.
- Support for font downloading in Postscript driver.
- ALSA sound driver.
- More portability fixes, particularly for Sparc.
- Lots of bug fixes.
* Licence changed to LGPL.
* Beginnings of an SMB client implementation.
* New naming scheme and location for builtin dlls.
* aRts sound driver.
* A bunch of unit tests.
* Much more complete setupapi implementation.
* Some dll separation progress.
* The usual common controls rewrites.
* Much improved Microsoft Office support.
* Lots of bug fixes.
