Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Filter for generated items

[Helge Kruse <Helge.Kruse-nospam@xxxxxxx>]

Am 16.11.2010 19:05, schrieb Stephen Fisher:
> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 06:37:32PM +0100, Helge Kruse wrote:
> > Is it guaranteed that a 1.2.x plugin runs with Wireshark 1.4.x?
>
> Jaap and Joerg are referring to the same stable branch, so any newer
> version of 1.2.x than the one you compiled with (or newer 1.4.x than the
> one you compiled it with).  This makes sense because only important bug
> fixes are moved from the development back into the newer stable branches
> and no new features.  I just didn't think we were verifying that bug
> fixes never broke the ABI, although I can see why they never or at least
> rarely would.

Ok, I understand that life cycle. But I cannot convince anybody to 
update there 1.2.x installations to 1.4.x.

So I must now decide if I have to provide a DLL compile with the 1.2.x 
header and libs and an additional DLL compiled with the 1.4.x header and 
libs. I don't think about the development branches (1.3.x).

Sorry, if this additional question is annoying. But unfortunately I did 
not get the answer from your mail. I'm sure this would be my fault.

Helge