Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] RFC: delete packets

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:41:26 +0100
Olivier Biot wrote:


Hi list,

I'd like to implement packet deletion. for many things deeting packets
is *very* similar to marking and unmarking packets. I however have
some questions, so I list some statements below:

1. If I delete a marked packet, I should unmark it too.
2. All (context) menu items on a deleted packet must be disabled,
except for undeletion.
3. If a deleted packet is selected, its dissection tree must not be
shown.
4. Deleting packets in a capture may change the way a capture is
dissected. For example, if I delete a WSP redirect packet, then the
redirection conversation will not be built if the packets are
processed again.
5. Because of 4. we may want to have a "redissect" button be active
whenever we suspect something will change dissection.
6. Deleted packets "never" match a display filter.

Comments are welcome!


What do you mean with packet deletion?
Do you want to simply hide the packets, or really remove them from the capture file? 

Regards, ULFL