Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 12429] Change format of ip.dsfield.dscp description to IET
Comment # 6
on bug 12429
from Betty DuBois
(In reply to João Valverde from comment #5)
> (In reply to Betty DuBois from comment #3)
> > (In reply to João Valverde from comment #2)
> > > I agree with your comments but I think this should be addressed by improving
> > > the IP DSCP column format (as opposed to a custom field column).
> > >
> > > Have you tried that? It displays in decimal, so not an immediate solution,
> > > but that's trivial to fix.
> >
> > João,
> >
> > If modifying the DSCP column format would be better/easier, I am all for it.
> > I have tried using the decimal format of the DSCP column, but students find
> > it confusing and are looking for the IETF abbreviation, so if that could be
> > switched - it would be wonderful. (I teach for Wireshark U)
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Thanks for the clarification. My comment was intended to suggest making the
> bug against the IP DSCP column (in decimal) and not the "ip.dsfield.dscp"
> column (in extended textual format).
>
> The first is much easier to change because it's just a matter of changing
> the string format specifier. The latter is not configurable without making
> an ugly special case in the code, AFAIK. Of course, changing the field
> display format to "short textual" would be an option. But column length is a
> very dubious rationale for changing the field format to me...
>
> I pushed a patch to change the "IP DSCP" column from decimal to text some
> time ago but it kind of stalled:
>
> https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/10701/
I see the points in the patch comments, what do I need to do to convince the
"powers to be" that this is a worthwhile change? AF11 makes much more sense
than 10 for example.
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