Re: Enable extcap by default or not

[Roland Knall <rknall () gmail com>]

No, it just means, that extcap interfaces are either available by default
or not. They do not run permanently.

regards

On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Bill Meier <wmeier () newsguy com> wrote:

> On 9/9/2016 1:42 AM, Roland Knall wrote:
>
> > Hello List
> >
> > There is currently a discussion going on
> > in https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/17498 in regard to enabling
> > extcap features by default or not.
> >
> > There are basically two sides to the argument:
> >
> > Cons - extcap interfaces are advanced features, which will not be used
> > by a majority of users. As more and more of those interfaces emerge, it
> > clutters up the list. Therefore disabling them by default and enabling
> > them when needed is ok.
> >
> > Pros - There are users out there, who use Wireshark solely together with
> > extcap interfaces. Lots of those users are not very familiar with
> > Wireshark in general. extcap was intended to bring capture device
> > support to Wireshark where otherwise it would not be present or very
> > complicated to do so. For those users to enable the support before using
> > it seems like an unnecessary hassle.
> >
> > I just wanted to get the meaning of the list, on how we should proceed
> > here, and if three are other arguments for or against enabling extcap by
> > default.
> >
> > To clarify, I am a Pro guy as I fear 3rd party users will not understand
> > this and this will lead to support cases which will generate the opinion
> > "Wireshark is overly complicated, let's use something else".
> >
> > regards
> > Roland
> Does "enabling extcap features by default" mean that additional programs
> ("extcaps" ?) are automatically loaded and started when wireshaark is
> started ?
>
>
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