[ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

full ACK

On 8/11/05, Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jeetendra Singh wrote:
> > Are there any plans to formalize the release of an ethereal library?
> 
> At some point we'd like to do that.
> 
> However, we *KNOW* that there are aspects of the API exposed to 
> dissectors that have significant problems, so I, at least, would 
> *STRONGLY* oppose formalizing the current API exposed to dissectors, as 
> it'd tie our hands too tightly.  I'm not at all certain that the API 
> exposed to applications is what we'd ultimately want, either.
> 
> > It seems thus the power of ethereal's dissector integration, display
> > filter definition and XMLised output can be used to provide more value
> > add rather than just displaying them on a GUI.
> 
> Yes, we know - but exposing what we have *now* is not an unmitigated good.
> 
> Note also that the filtering and XMLized output are available from 
> Tethereal as well.
> 
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