Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] PDML output - creator attribute

Note: This archive is from the project's previous web site, ethereal.com. This list is no longer active.

Date Index Thread Index Other Months All Mailing Lists
Date Prev Date Next Thread Prev Thread Next
From: Biot Olivier <Olivier.Biot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:14:08 +0100
Hi all,

Although we generate PDML output with Ethereal, and we write the created
attribute of the PDML tag, we do not "freeze" a PDML Ethereal spec. However,
Ethereal develops over time while we set the "release" at discrete points in
time, typically some hours before releasing a new official version. As a
result, we cannot rely upon the PDML creator attribute to unambiguously map
the output to the *real* creator.

I propose to have a dedicated make target for building a real release, and
that we can modify the "creator" attribute (along with other version info in
util.c read from config.h), so that:

a) Real "official" releases have a version like it is today.
b) Intermittent builds have a text string appended to the base version,
   containing e.g., a build timestamp.

Are there other ideas?

Regards,

Olivier