Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] old wiretap-0.3.1.dll in Wireshark 1.0.2win32installer

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Graham Bloice wrote:
> Gerald Combs wrote:
> > Sake Blok wrote:
> >   
> > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 09:47:12AM -0700, Gerald Combs wrote:
> > >     
> > > > I was planning on releasing 1.1.0 and 1.0.3 once bug 2675 has been fixed.
> > > >       
> > > Would it be possible to build 1.1.x with MSVC2005EE? That way people
> > > can compile their plugins on windows with the *recommended*
> > > compiler (see: Development Guide) and use them with the 1.1.x 
> > > releases. 
> > >     
> >
> > Funny you should ask. I installed Visual Studio 2005 Professional
> > Edition on the Windows buildslave a couple of days ago, so switching
> > shouldn't be a problem. (I don't think Express Edition isn't adequate in
> > this case because it makes it difficult to create PortableApps and U3
> > packages.)
> >
> > However, Visual Studio 2008 is out. Should we focus on making _that_ our
> > recommended Windows compiler instead?
> > _______________________________________________
> >   
> +1 for VS 2008.
>
> If at all possible can we look at replacing adns as well, as it doesn't 
> seem to be maintained any more.  There was some discussion about it a 
> while ago.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Graham Bloice

That was talk about c-ares as replacement for adns. It came out on top of my 
preference list (further candidates: UDNS and posadis). I have had no time to 
investigate this any further, let alone start design/implementation.

Thanx,
Jaap