OK – I’ll take a look.

Best regards…Paul

From: Wireshark-dev [mailto:wireshark-dev-boun...@wireshark.org] On Behalf Of 
Pascal Quantin
Sent: 01 March 2018 10:24
To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org>
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissector - plugin or built-in

Hi Paul,

Le 1 mars 2018 10:47, "Paul Offord" 
<paul.off...@advance7.com<mailto:paul.off...@advance7.com>> a écrit :
Hi Pascal,

Thanks for your note regarding my change 26203 - 
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/26203/ .  You suggested that I submit it 
as a built-in dissector, not a plugin.  I’m not keen for two reasons:


  *   If it is rejected (and I have a feeling it will be), I’ll then have to 
rewrite it to offer as an optional plugin
  *   I think adding it as a built-in dissector means changes to core Wireshark 
code

Why do you think it should be a built-in dissector?
Because :
- we do not want to end with tons of plugins to support, that are heavier than 
built-in ones (startup time, more files to install,...)
- our policy is to add new dissectors as built-in, not plugins (we are even 
converting some old plugins to built-in)

Plugins are usually used for people not willing to submit code to Wireshark 
upstream. This is not your case, so you should really convert it to built-in 
(which is a 5 mn work or even less).

Best regards,
Pascal.


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