Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissector field name changes (was Re: review_for_checkin requested: [Bug 1789] p

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard van der Hoff wrote:
> Richard van der Hoff wrote:
> > I think, however, that before you spend too much more time on this, 
> > somebody ought to review what you've done so far to check that we're all 
> > on the same page with respect to what are good changes. It would be a 
> > shame if you spent weeks on it and we had to say "uh, no, you've got the 
> > wrong idea."
>
> Apart from anything else, if we go and change half of the dissector 
> fields, is that going to upset people who are used to the old names?

Maybe, but I'd say correctness is better (think of the new users over 
the next N years who might find the field easier or find it more 
intuitive).  (I say that even though I haven't looked at what the actual 
changes are...)