Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Dissector - plugin or built-in

[Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1 March 2018 at 10:18, Roland Knall <rknall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We do not have any other dissector within the code, which dissects blocktypes. Therefore I would not be so sure, that it will get rejected (in my book it definitely should not).

But it most likely will get rejected as a plugin.

Main reasons for built-in:

- Easier to maintain

- Best-practice approach 

- Would name it something like blocktype_trb.c or similar to distinguish from protocol-only dissectors

Should we have a separate spot in the source tree for block type dissectors?  I'm not sure if we will ever have lots, but should we keep epan/dissectors for "protocol" dissectors.

  

- Documentation of a sparsely used feature

- We don't like plugins in the main sourcecode

cheers

Roland

On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Paul Offord <Paul.Offord@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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?

 

Thanks and regards…Paul

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