Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] [patch, capture] MDNS changes

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 12:52:25 -0800
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 10:29:42AM +1100, Brad Hards wrote:
> 3. PTR records are used a lot, and I noted a redundant "ptr" label that looked 
> ugly and didn't provide any extra information.

Why is that different from the "addr" label in the summary line for A
records?  Presumably that's redundant as well, as A records have only an
address in them, just as PTR records have only a name in them.  Perhaps
other record types that have only one item should be cleaned up as well.

> Can someone have a look at this, and commit it if OK?

Done.

> Future: LLMNR and DNS are probably going to diverge a bit. It may be useful to 
> split the DNS code into two dissectors, sharing some common code.

Probably a good idea.  Note that NBNS and DNS share some common code as
well, given that NBNS was DNS-influenced but isn't the same as DNS.