Comment 347 for bug 371897

(In reply to comment #239)
>> [Removing Pulseaudio] takes more knowledge than an "average user" has
>>
>"sudo aptitude purge pulseaudio" or equivalent is not difficult. There's a lot
>of trickier Wine configuration that is required to get apps working that is
>well outside what an "average user" can be expected to know.

On Ubuntu systems that removes ubuntu-desktop as well, leading to no end of future upgrade problems.

So that piece of advice would break lots of people's systems. Integrating the pulseaudio patches in Wine wouldn't.