[cw-discuss] iTunes

[Manaen Schlabach]

Has anyone considered approaching the iTunes devs to ask them to do
compatibility checks with Wine before release?  or is that wishful
thinking that would result in the "we'll be in touch" line?  It's good
to hear that there is a lot of interest in getting the app to work.

On 11/7/07, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> Hi Manaen,
>
> Actually, it's not really a lack of demand; we have clear demand for it.
>
> There are two issues:  First, the iTunes application is very finicky, and
> very hard; improving it is an incredibly laborious process.  Second, Apple
> is changing it so rapidly, that it's very hard to catch up.  For a while,
> iTunes 4.X worked quite nicely, and we worked to keep it going, but Apple
> made 4.X useless (disabled access to the store), thereby forcing us to
> have to support 7.X in order to honestly claim support.  And there is a new
> 7.X release just about every week, it seems...
>
> The good news is that a lot of other folks in the Wine community
> (thanks Juan!) have done some work on iTunes, so we're at least
> part of the way there already.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeremy
>
> Manaen Schlabach wrote:
> > Jeremy,
> >
> >     What is the issue on iTunes?  A lack of pledge support?  Too few
> > people rating it as a critical app?  I know that if you said it needed
> > pledge support I personally wouldn't mind kicking some money in to
> > help speed the development up.  Perhaps there are others on the list
> > who feel the same way.  There really aren't many apps that Codeweavers
> > can't get working so I suspect that since it still doesn't work it is
> > due to Codeweavers having better returns from focusing their efforts
> > elsewhere..  Am I off base or close to the heart of the matter?  What
> > would it take for Codeweavers to focus in on getting iTunes to run?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Manaen
> >
> >
> > On 11/7/07, Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Peter,
> >>
> >> Modern versions of iTunes don't work with CrossOver, I'm afraid.
> >>
> >> We hope to fix that in a future version, but for now, you won't
> >> get any joy by trying.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Jeremy
> >>
> >> Peter Bradley wrote:
> >>> I'm sure somebody's already asked this.  Please forgive my failing memory.
> >>>
> >>> Is it possible to install iTunes under crossover?  I tried but it exited
> >>> with an error (iTunes requires Windows XP or Vista).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>>
> >>>
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