Re: [Ethereal-dev] Preparing for 1.0

[Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 10:18:01AM -0600, Gerald Combs wrote:
> Enough major changes have been introduced since the last release to
> warrant bumping the minor revision.  I figure we may as well bump it to
> 0.99.0 in order to prepare for an impending 1.0 release.
> 
> Along with the items in http://wiki.ethereal.com/Development/Roadmap I'd
> like to do the following before 1.0:
> 
>   - Finalize dumpcap - Ulf, I'm not sure how much work is left, but is
>     dumpcap in good enough shape for a security audit?  If so, we could
>     make it set{u|g}id on platforms that need it.

tethereal doesn't use dumpcap, so it's not finished yet.

>   - Smooth out the Windows file dialogs: The "Filter" button doesn't
>     work, for instance.

Get us a nice file dialog for Unix/Linux as well.

>   - Improve our packages:
>     - Polish the RPM spec file.  (The last time I tried to build the
>       SRPM under SUSE, it failed.)

I can have a look at that during the next two weeks (lots of work
currently).

>   - Fix the annoying display-filter-stalls-due-to-hostname-lookup bug.

I think this is "fixed" for people who have turned off network name
resolving but not when it is turned on?

>   - Add version checking to the Help menu, similar to Firefox and other
>     apps?

I don't think so. We really shouldn't be doing a package management
stuff inside each application.

>   - Designate a set of dissectors as "known safe"?

I'm undecided :)

As far as the discussion on api-stability is concerned: I don't care
about the api getting stable - ever. On the contrary, a stable api would
hamper the development.

 Ciao
   Joerg
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Joerg Mayer                                           <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
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