Hi Aft, I am yet keen to know who are the core Wireshark developers & if there is any way to find out the commits made by any one of the community developers.
On 27 May 2012 04:09, Aft nix <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:13 AM, Guy Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On May 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Dipanjan Das wrote: > > > >> I want to get myself involved in the development of Wireshark. Can > anybody please let me know about the following: > > <snip> > > > > > They can, and they did, answer at least the first question the previous > time when you asked those questions (and you received those replies, as you > replied in turn to them). > > > > its very difficult for understanding open source development process > for a new comer( it took months for me just to understand the dynamics). > People who are old school devs developed a culture in Usenet news groups > which they brought with them into different mailing lists. Here it grew and > flourished. > > But in the countries where computers and internet in particular were more > recent phenomenon(like mine), its difficult to grasp it first. > > And for the original reply. I guess you start by reading wireshark > developer > guide. Although it focuses on writing a new protocol dissector. But other > then that it will set you up a development environment. > > submit patches in wireshark-dev list. it will grow your acceptance. If > your patches > are useful (Like i once wanted to write a mysql support for RTP stats, > but never had time to do it) > people will use your patches. If your patches are in song with > wireshark core developers, they > may be merge it with their stable branch. > > For this moment checkout the latest revision in a linux > system.(Building wireshark in windows > is a royal pain). build it. and start reading wireshark developer guide. > > > -- > -aft > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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 >
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