Re: [Wireshark-dev] Script extcap on macOS

2019-04-12 Thread Dario Lombardo
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 10:23 PM Guy Harris wrote: > > Is Python 3 installed on the machine on which the test is being run? > > It is. All the test suite is python3 based and it's working. That's why I expected the extcap to work. It looks like the extcap is not the only test script using

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Script extcap on macOS

2019-04-12 Thread Guy Harris
On Apr 12, 2019, at 1:22 PM, Roland Knall wrote: > There seems to be an issue on mac, depending how the original Wireshark > binary has been called. It seems to be, that by clicking on the icon, the > system python interpreter get's loaded, which most certainly will let your > script fail.

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Script extcap on macOS

2019-04-12 Thread Roland Knall
There seems to be an issue on mac, depending how the original Wireshark binary has been called. It seems to be, that by clicking on the icon, the system python interpreter get's loaded, which most certainly will let your script fail. If you call Wireshark from a console context (by either

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Script extcap on macOS

2019-04-12 Thread Guy Harris
On Apr 12, 2019, at 1:14 PM, Dario Lombardo wrote: > In commit c442ee056bc46bcda59e473c00d5741ea90a1453 I've introduced a test > extcap (actually written by Peter) to test the correct parsing of extcap > sentences. This extcap is python3 based. ... > ... However I expected it to work

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Script extcap on macOS

2019-04-12 Thread Dario Lombardo
On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 10:14 PM Dario Lombardo wrote: > > https://travis-ci.org/crondaemon/wireshark/jobs/519284280 > > > This build actually comes from a tentative patch. A failing build on master is at the following link. https://travis-ci.org/crondaemon/wireshark/jobs/519168819

[Wireshark-dev] Script extcap on macOS

2019-04-12 Thread Dario Lombardo
Hi In commit c442ee056bc46bcda59e473c00d5741ea90a1453 I've introduced a test extcap (actually written by Peter) to test the correct parsing of extcap sentences. This extcap is python3 based. Due to some limitations on script extcaps on windows

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Volunteers and ideas needed for Google Season of Docs

2019-04-12 Thread Moshe Kaplan
6) Remediating the known documentation issues in Bugzilla: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?component=Documentation_id=55638=Wireshark=--- Moshe On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 9:32 AM Moshe Kaplan wrote: > Some specific ideas from what I've noticed (mostly in the User Guide): > > 1)

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Volunteers and ideas needed for Google Season of Docs

2019-04-12 Thread Moshe Kaplan
Some specific ideas from what I've noticed (mostly in the User Guide): 1) There are 35 menu items that aren't documented in the User Guide. These are indicated in the docs as " Not yet written. See https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/SubmittingPatches; 2) The User Guide references the Wiki

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number changes?

2019-04-12 Thread Roland Knall
minor correction, it should not read "sullify" but pacify. It has been a long week Am Fr., 12. Apr. 2019 um 15:01 Uhr schrieb Roland Knall : > Just my two cents, I like a clear indication, that I am working with a > development version beyond the obvious changes of text. SO the versioning >

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number changes?

2019-04-12 Thread Roland Knall
Just my two cents, I like a clear indication, that I am working with a development version beyond the obvious changes of text. SO the versioning is usually the first thing I look at. That being said, I could imagine adopting the Python versioning scheme as an alternative to the current even/odd

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number changes?

2019-04-12 Thread John Thacker
On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 7:55 PM Gerald Combs wrote: > We currently have three active release branches: 3.0, 2.6, and 2.4. This > is because we support each release branch for a set amount of time > (typically 24 months after the initial .0 release) and our last three .0 > releases were less than

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number changes?

2019-04-12 Thread Graham Bloice
On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 00:55, Gerald Combs wrote: > We currently have three active release branches: 3.0, 2.6, and 2.4. This > is because we support each release branch for a set amount of time > (typically 24 months after the initial .0 release) and our last three .0 > releases were less than

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number changes?

2019-04-12 Thread Ross Jacobs
I agree that even/odd is non-standard and confusing. > I’m not sure. How would we label the development branch? It’s currently 3.1.0 or is it 3.1.0rc0? (Version 3.1.0 (v3.1.0rc0-521-gdba02458)) would people understand? > But I’m ok either way. I think the Python developer guide

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number changes?

2019-04-12 Thread Anders Broman
From: Wireshark-dev On Behalf Of graham.shanks via Wireshark-dev Sent: den 12 april 2019 09:04 To: Developer support list for Wireshark Cc: graham.shanks Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number changes? >I think dropping the even/odd scheme is a good idea.

Re: [Wireshark-dev] Release lifetime and version number changes?

2019-04-12 Thread graham.shanks via Wireshark-dev
I think dropping the even/odd scheme is a good  idea.Personally I'd go down to 2 active branches but then my group wouldn't be adversely affected by  dropping the "old old stable" version since we invariably use the stable version. More weight should be given to the opinions of people who do