As a side note, when is this plugin/program version problem going to be fixed? By fixed I mean the creation of a (more stable) API version rather than the application version?
I always try to design for extreme success. Assume 500 plugins, and now make a new version of Wireshark that fixes a typo in a menu. Are the core developers seriously expecting me to get 500 updated plugins? Or do we continue to say "give it a try, if it works, great" which only means headaches in the long run? Is the API so difficult to track that it is too difficult to determine when it changes? I checked the wishlist on the wiki and couldn't find anybody talking about this. Is it even viewed as a good thing? -- Bryant Eastham [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jaap Keuter Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Developer support list for Wireshark Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Problemems with proto_tree_new_item after update Hi, Did you recompile your plugin for 0.99.7? I guess not. From the Wiki: Plugins are not portable between versions. Ever wondered why Wireshark keeps its plugins in a directory named after its version? That is because the plugin interface is considered an internal interface to Wireshark. Therefore it is not stable (as API and ABI) and can change with every version. So when moving from one version to the next you get a fresh install of plugins for this version. When using a 3rd party plugin, request a fresh build from the supplier. Thanx, Jaap Sebastian Breilmann wrote: > Hallo! > > After an update from 0.99.6 to 0.99.7 I have problems with a custom dissector > I wrote. On 0.99.6 everything was fine, but now I get the mssage "[Dissector > bug, protocol RTSU: proto.c:1064: failed assertion "length == 6"]". I have no > idea to solve this :( Below is my disscetor-Source. Thank you for your help! > _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
