Hi, I think we should stay with the current policy of adding only bugfixes to the stable branch.
The next development snapshot is scheduled to be released in Q4, 2009 [1] and this enhancement could be distributed in the snapshot. In Debian, there is an ongoing discussion about allowing whole Wireshark stable branch updates to enter Debian stable, but if we push new functionality into the stable Wireshark branches, this does not seem to be a good idea. Cheers, Balint [1] http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Roadmap Anders Broman wrote: > Hi, > As this enhancement is limited to one function and and not that much > code (I think ) it's still something to > consider as the benefits are great and it can be delivered within a > short timeframe. > > I think we should be strict about new functionality but not rigid. > > If we want the new packet list in 1.4 there's a lot of work left so a > new release might be many month away. > > Regards > Anders > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jaap Keuter > *Sent:* den 26 augusti 2009 11:41 > *To:* Developer support list for Wireshark > *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-dev] Port Expert info changes to 1.2.2? > -Significant performance improvement. > > Hi, > > Yeah, i know it's good. Hence it should be the attraction for 1.4, not 1.2. > Otherwise where will it end? > Again a reason to release stable before sharkfest'10 ;) > > Thanx, > Jaap > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 26 aug 2009, at 10:41, "Anders Broman" <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I've been doing some measurements on the improvements to the Export >> info functions: >> 61 Mb file 159047 Packets 118 844 Errors (UDP checksum). >> >> WS 1.2.1 Trunk Old packet list >> Trunk New packet list >> Load file: ~16s >> ~14s ~4s >> Memory used: 232 812 kb 182 324 kb 131 716 kb >> >> Start: >> Expert info comp: 1.35s ~10s ~10s >> Memory used: 299 028 241 336 kb 190 832 kb >> >> Add >> Expert info: 1.44s ~12s >> ~12s >> Memory used: 363 244 kb 291 528 kb 241 032kb >> >> >> As you can see there is a significant reduction in the time required >> to load the expert data in trunk. Some of the gain is probably >> >> Due to other changes but I still believe it would be worth it to port >> this even if it's new functionality or is the old behavior a bug? ;-) >> >> There is no significant change in memmory usage in expert infos. >> Regards >> Anders >> ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
