Re: [Ethereal-dev] Preparing for 1.0

[Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a question regarding the last point:
> > Designate a set of dissectors as "known safe"?

What are the requirements for such dissectors and what are the 
consequences?

Best regards
Michael


On Mar 1, 2006, at 22:17 Uhr, Joerg Mayer wrote:

> 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
> --
> Joerg Mayer                                           
> <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
> We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff 
> that
> works. Some say that should read Microsoft instead of technology.
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