Dear Team,
I wish to contribute to Wireshark via GSoD. Before finalizing my proposal, I wish to know your views regarding my targets. Please feel free to suggest anything. The following are issues I wish to solve:
1. Improvements in Developer’s Guide:
- Revise new contributions to the guide. Write a friction log and fix all the discovered issues.
- Improve the Quick Setup by concisely rewriting the content.
2. Improvements in User’s Guide: - Create a quick start for the new Wireshark users to help them launch Wireshark and understand basic packet details.
(I would like to know what kind of quickstart Wireshark team would prefer:)
(i) A step by step guide using QT Help.
(ii) A step by step guide using GIFs instead of Screenshots like this:<
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OR Any suggestions you might have.
- Document common use cases and add tutorials by using one of the above methods.
- Use GIFs(as mentioned above) instead of Screenshots wherever possible.
- Completing the missing documentation.
3. Revision of all Documentation:
- Proofread and review Man Pages, Wiki(GitLab and MoinMoin, and the Guides for clarity and accuracy.
4. Improvements in Wiki:
- Remove ambiguity in User’s Guide and Wiki.
- Move Wireshark-specific guidance from Wiki to the guide.
- Reorganize and format information to facilitate the migration of old wiki to GitLab and to make it more accessible.[if time permits]