Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] XML dictionary parsing with flex/bison

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 12:08:04 -0700
On Oct 16, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Anders Broman wrote:

> If I remember correctly long time ago we had an xml stub(for diameter) 
> using libxml but there was a question about the licence not being GPL 
> compatible. GLIB's xml parser would be an option but you'll have to use
> GLIB_CHECK_VERSION as it's not available in the lowest version we 
> require I think.

...and if a dissector distributed with Wireshark requires a particular library/GLib version/etc. to be available in order to function at all, {that library should be made a requirement for Wireshark}/{that version of GLib should be made the minimum required for Wireshark}/etc..