Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Time for a new development release?

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 24 jul 2009, at 11:33, Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
wrote:

> Jaap Keuter schrieb:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What's wrong with 1.2.1?
>
> Hi!
>
> AFAIK, e.g. the following PROFINET stuff that is not part of it:
>
> http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=29150
> http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=28932

I haven't checked, but I'm sure they are not if you say so.

> And as they are not bugfixes but extensions, they shouldn't be
> backported to the release branch?

That is correct as well.

> Last time I heard about it, the idea was to have a development version
> every few months (1.1.3 is from march) to make "experimental stuff"
> available to the public.

Indeed, but is there enough already to do that after only a single  
month after release.

> Just what I asked for ;-)

I was under the impression you replaced the profinet one by your own  
for internal use. That wouldn't need a development release. Now it's  
clear you need the open source version, so indeed a development  
release would do the trick.
Thanks for clearing that up.

> Regards, ULFL

Thanx,
Jaap