Ulf,
> What I'm more concerned about the current U3 and PortableApps
> generation is: maintainability!
>
> I've seen the WinPcap version at least 5 times!
I am confused. Based on your own checked in changes:
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.py?view=rev&revision=23431
and
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.py?view=rev&revision=23433
the following files need to be changed (one change in each file):
NSIS: makefile.am, makefile.nmake, wireshark.nsi = 3 files
U3: makefile.nmake, u3util.c = 2 files
PortableApps: WiresharkPortable.ini, WiresharkPortable.nsi = 2 files
On this basis, maybe we should be more worried about the maintainability of
the NSIS packaging! :-)
> and the Wireshark
> version at least once hardcoded into the scripts (which is a no go!).
Do you mean in appinfo.tmpl? And this line:
Version: 0.9.6
This is the PortableApp version - not the Wireshark version - which would
have been 0.99.6 anyway.
If it is not, can you let me know which file you are referring to?
> As I had updated the NSIS packaging to WinPcap 4.0.2 pretty
> quickly, it took me about an hour to find all places to update
> on the U3 and PortableApps packaging.
Wow! I could have done it in minutes (and I had said I would).
> As I've recently updated my NSIS to 2.32, the previously "installed"
> FindProcDLL.dll was gone.
Maybe something to discuss with the NSIS people?
> This can't be the way to go in the future!!!
I didn't think it was that bad ...
... however, there is (IMHO) a much bigger problem in this area:
We have multiple files that define what a Wireshark binary distribution
consists of. For example,
1) packaging/NSIS/wireshark.nsi
2) packaging/U3/win32/makefile.nmake
3) Makefile.nmake
(The PortableApps packaging uses the U3 list, otherwise there'd be a 4th.)
We could really do with just one location/manifest in a generic format that
lists all the files need to run Wireshark, with a mechanism to include
packaging/platform specific meta data. Then when someone wants to add an
additional file, or update a dll, then there is just one place to do it.
Maybe an XML file and some stylesheets?
Graeme
