Wine Staging 11.0 Release Candidate 3 released
Another big push for Wine Staging is now available online, version 11.0 Release Candidate 3. It’s essentially another experimental step in that open-source project's ongoing progress.
This latest build comes from the community effort at winehq.org, where testers have been pushing it hard, really digging into how it performs and what needs fixing. Their feedback isn't just talk; it helps developers choose which parts to improve right now. And by carefully picking those improvements, they're making sure key areas are getting better.
Getting back to basics was a big part of RC3’s recipe for success. Think of Wine 11.0 as the main branch; RC3 means this is one of its final shapes before becoming stable. Well, Wine Staging has been rebased onto that most recent shape from Wine itself (11.0-rc3). That allows everyone working on it to start from a cleaner base compared to older versions and really focus their efforts on perfecting the specific staging changes they're making right now. It keeps things organized.
But there's more here than just starting fresh, though that helps. The package also quietly updates its macOS.yml file because GitHub Actions recently changed some things related to macOS runners, specifically marking Ventura-based images as deprecated. So Wine Staging switched from using those macOS 13 Ventura runner images to a different one (macos-15-intel). This subtle adjustment just makes the continuous testing needed for macOS smoother and keeps potential problems away.
Wine Staging deliberately works by testing and refining individual features separately, almost like building add-ons. It’s not trying to be everything at once; it's focused on incremental improvements that can eventually make their way into Wine proper. That means stability for users who need those extra tweaks right now, while the core gets ready.
Wine Staging 11.0 RC3 is out today, and you can grab both the binary package itself (the compiled version) and its source code directly from GitHub if you're curious or just want to help test it yourself.
