On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 06:14, Biot Olivier wrote:
> 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,
Another possibility...
Instead of using the Ethereal version number in the creator attribute,
we could assign version numbers to the PDML created by Tethereal. For
example, this first version of PDML would be labeled:
<pdml version="0" creator="ethereal/0">
The "ethereal/0" value would stay the same, across Ethereal revisions,
until the format of the generated PDML changed. Then it would have this
label:
<pdml version="0" creator="ethereal/1">
And when Tethereal and Analyzer finally agree on a PDML specification,
the label would be:
<pdml version="1" creator="ethereal">
--gilbert
