Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Plugin binary compatib. over ethereal versions -possible? (vs

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From: ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:36:39 +1100
There is a very simple solution to that problem.

Contribute the code to svn and there will not be any issue with versions at all.


It is a good motivator if it is painful to maintain out-of-tree
extensions. Convince them to contribute the code and the pain goes
away.



On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:22:24 +0100, Andreas Sikkema
<andreas.sikkema@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > IMO, the plugin API has no real need to stabilize/ for binary
> > compatibility: In my personal opinion all effeort spent on
> > supporting binary only plugins is wasted effort - of course
> > everyone is free to do with their time as they like :)
> 
> Yes, well, I'll talk to you again when you're a toolmaintainer
> for a slightly large development organisation. Rebuilding a
> large number of plugins every six weeks is not fun after a
> while.
> 
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