Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissector - plugin or built-in

[Paul Offord <Paul.Offord@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK – I’ll take a look.

 

Best regards…Paul

 

From: Wireshark-dev [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pascal Quantin
Sent: 01 March 2018 10:24
To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissector - plugin or built-in

 

Hi Paul,

 

Le 1 mars 2018 10:47, "Paul Offord" <Paul.Offord@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :

Hi Pascal,

 

Thanks for your note regarding my change 26203 - https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/26203/ .  You suggested that I submit it as a built-in dissector, not a plugin.  I’m not keen for two reasons:

 

• If it is rejected (and I have a feeling it will be), I’ll then have to rewrite it to offer as an optional plugin
• I think adding it as a built-in dissector means changes to core Wireshark code

 

Why do you think it should be a built-in dissector?

Because :

- we do not want to end with tons of plugins to support, that are heavier than built-in ones (startup time, more files to install,...)

- our policy is to add new dissectors as built-in, not plugins (we are even converting some old plugins to built-in)

 

Plugins are usually used for people not willing to submit code to Wireshark upstream. This is not your case, so you should really convert it to built-in (which is a 5 mn work or even less).

 

Best regards,

Pascal.

 

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