Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re packet-smb.c

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 22:19:58 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Pia Sahlberg wrote:

> I belive the dissector is far from production quality right now but
> if placed in CVS after the next release it can be tested and worked on
> until it is useable.
> If not, we can just back it out before the next-next release and go back to 
> the old one.
> Or can a separate CVS branch be set up for this dissector so it can
> be worked on and improved by all interested developers until it is good
> enough for the main branch?
> The dissector is BIG and was a bitch to write and it will be a bitch
> to test and improve until it is useable which will take a lot of time
> and effort. But I do think it can be used if it is just properly
> tested and fixed.

I'm going to make a release later this week (probably Friday).  We can
place it in CVS any time after that.

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before the next release.  A notice has been placed on the main page.