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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Problemems with proto_tree_new_item after update

From: "Bryant Eastham" <beastham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:11:29 -0700
As a side note, when is this plugin/program version problem going to be
fixed? By fixed I mean the creation of a (more stable) API version
rather than the application version?

I always try to design for extreme success. Assume 500 plugins, and now
make a new version of Wireshark that fixes a typo in a menu. Are the
core developers seriously expecting me to get 500 updated plugins? Or do
we continue to say "give it a try, if it works, great" which only means
headaches in the long run?

Is the API so difficult to track that it is too difficult to determine
when it changes? I checked the wishlist on the wiki and couldn't find
anybody talking about this. Is it even viewed as a good thing?

--
Bryant Eastham beastham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jaap Keuter
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:33 PM
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Developer support list for Wireshark
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Problemems with proto_tree_new_item after
update

Hi,

Did you recompile your plugin for 0.99.7? I guess not.

 From the Wiki:
Plugins are not portable between versions. Ever wondered why Wireshark 
keeps its plugins in a directory named after its version? That is 
because the plugin interface is considered an internal interface to 
Wireshark. Therefore it is not stable (as API and ABI) and can change 
with every version. So when moving from one version to the next you get 
a fresh install of plugins for this version. When using a 3rd party 
plugin, request a fresh build from the supplier.

Thanx,
Jaap

Sebastian Breilmann wrote:
> Hallo!
> 
> After an update from 0.99.6 to 0.99.7 I have problems with a custom
dissector
> I wrote. On 0.99.6 everything was fine, but now I get the mssage
"[Dissector
> bug, protocol RTSU: proto.c:1064: failed assertion "length == 6"]". I
have no
> idea to solve this :( Below is my disscetor-Source. Thank you for your
help!
> 


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