Autoconnect requests for WineBar (kvm + joystick)

store-requests privileged-interfaces
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  • name: winebar

  • description: Wine Bar helps you install various Wine and Proton builds, create Wine prefixes, install Windows software into them and run that software.

  • snapcraft: snapcraft.base.yaml + snapcraft.arm64.yaml (can’t post more than 2 links) - they are merged for arm64 builds.

  • upstream: GitHub - Tulon/WineBar: A Wine prefix manager. · GitHub

  • upstream-relation: I am the author of WineBar

  • interfaces:

    • kvm:
      • request-type: auto-connection
      • reasoning: On ARM64 (primarily on Asahi Linux on Apple hardware), WineBar runs Wine in FEX-EMU which runs inside muvm, which is a lightweight virtual machine that needs access to /dev/kvm. See the Generic-ARM64-support.md document in the repo (can’t post more than 2 links) for background information on how WineBar works on ARM64.
    • joystick:
      • request-type: auto-connection
      • reasoning: For Windows games to have access to gamepads.
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This request has been added to the queue for review by the @reviewers team.

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@review-team It’s been 2 weeks since the submission and still no reaction. Can someone please take a look at this request?