Advantage of winelib?

Question

Are there any advantages to compiling my Windows application with winelib for Linux users? Why not just give them the .exe and let them run it with Wine? Seems just like extra work for no gain.

Answer 1

One good reason is that it might provide some insurance against regressions in Wine. If you test your code with version A of Winelib and statically link that version with your program, then regressions in a newer version of Wine can't break you.