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WWN Issue 412 was released today.

• Quick Update
• Bugs: In Memoriam

The Wine development release 7.2 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Large scale cleanup to support 'long' type with MSVCRT.
• Mono engine updated to version 7.1.1.
• More theming fixes in common controls.
• Beginnings of a WMA decoder.
• Support for 64-bit time_t.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

• DTLS
• WebSockets
• Bugs on a Table #9

• A Bug's Life
• PE, WoW64, D3DX, Unicode, Kernel, C Runtime, Built-in Apps, Graphics, & Theming
• Direct3D
• Audio/Video
• Input Devices
• Internet and Networking
• Alternative Platforms
• Development Tools
• Build Infrastructure
• External Dependencies

The Wine development release 7.1 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Vulkan 1.3 support.
• A number of theming fixes.
• WebSocket improvements.
• Improved cursor clipping on macOS.
• IDL compiler fixes for C++.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine team is proud to announce that the stable release Wine 7.0 is now available.

This release represents a year of development effort and over 9,100 individual changes. It contains a large number of improvements that are listed in the release notes below. The areas of major changes are:

• Most modules converted to PE format.
• Better theming support, with a bundled theme for a more modern look.
• Vastly improved HID stack and joystick support.
• New WoW64 architecture.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 7.0-rc6 is now available. This is expected to be the last release candidate before the final 7.0.

What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 7.0-rc5 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 7.0-rc4 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 7.0-rc3 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 7.0-rc2 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 7.0-rc1 is now available.

This is the first release candidate for the upcoming Wine 7.0. It marks the beginning of the yearly code freeze period. Please give this release a good testing and report any issue that you find, to help us make 7.0 as good as possible.

What's new in this release:

• Reimplementation of the WinMM joystick driver.
• All Unix libraries converted to the syscall-based interface.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

• Wine 6.23

The Wine development release 6.23 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Mount manager and CoreAudio driver converted to PE.
• Support for exception handling in Wow64 mode.
• Optional support for using the distribution's PE libraries.
• A number of UI improvements in WineDbg.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

• Tryptophan and Turkey OR The Curious Case of Wine and PE
• Conversion to PE Files
• Code Freeze

The Wine development release 6.22 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Mono engine updated to version 7.0.0.
• Exception unwinding on ARM.
• More improvements to HID joystick support.
• WoW64 thunks in a number of Unix libraries.
• Beginnings of moving USER32 to Win32u.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

• Musings
• Wine Adds DWARF 3 and 4 Support
• VKD3D-Proton v2.5 Released

The Wine development release 6.21 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• WinSpool, GPhoto, and a few other modules converted to PE.
• Better support for inline functions in DbgHelp.
• Beginnings of a MSDASQL implementation.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

• New Author
• Highlights From Wine 6.18 to Today
• Dinput Now Uses HID
• Unicode 14
• Wine Mono

The Wine maintenance release 6.0.2 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Compilation fixes (freetype, gcc 11)
• Default to building with GnuTLS support on macOS, if present
• Various bug fixes

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 6.20 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• MSXml, XAudio, DInput and a few other modules converted to PE.
• A few system libraries are bundled with the source to support PE builds.
• HID joystick is now the only supported joystick backend in DirectInput.
• Better support for MSVCRT builds in Winelib.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 6.19 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• IPHlpApi, NsiProxy, WineDbg and a few other modules converted to PE.
• More HID joystick work.
• Kernel parts of GDI moved to Win32u.
• More work towards Dwarf 3/4 debug support.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 6.18 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Shell32 and WineBus libraries converted to PE.
• Unicode data updated to Unicode version 14.
• Mono engine updated to version 6.4.0, with COM improvements.
• More work towards Dwarf 3/4 debug support.
• HID joystick enabled by default.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 6.17 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• WineCfg program converted to PE.
• Better high-DPI support in builtin applications.
• More preparation work for the GDI syscall interface.
• Improved debugger support in Wow64 mode.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

The Wine development release 6.16 is now available.

What's new in this release:

• Initial version of a HID-based joystick backend.
• Improved high-DPI theming support.
• More preparation work for the GDI syscall interface.
• Better CodeView support in WineDump.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.