Re: OPC UA plugin in Wireshark

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>]

> On 13 Dec 2018, at 13:39, Anders Broman <a.broman58 () gmail com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Den tors 13 dec. 2018 kl 12:08 skrev Hannes Mezger <hannes.mezger () gmail com <mailto:hannes.mezger () gmail com>>:
> Hi Anders,
>
> from time to time I'm developing on and extending the OPC UA plugin of
> Wireshark (plugins\epan\opcua).
>
> First of all, thank you for the fast and constructive reactions on my
> contributions to Wireshark, it's always nice to work with the Wireshark
> team! :)
>
> About one year ago, a new version (1.04) of the OPC UA specification was
> released, which brings a lot of new types and some new services. Now
> we're thinking about regenerating the according files in the plugin, and
> integrate some fixes and changes, which will be a lot of changes
> overall. Now my question is when the next Wireshark version will be
> released into which those changes could be included. Will there be a 2.8
> version?
>
> Also I'd like to know if additions to a protocol, like
> https://code.wireshark.org/review/31018 <https://code.wireshark.org/review/31018> can be merged into bugfix
> branches like the current 2.6 one, or if those are for bugfixes only and
> protocol extensions can only be added to new minor versions.
>
> Best regards
>
> Hannes
>
> Hi,
> You can read about the planned release here https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201812/msg00042.html 
> <https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201812/msg00042.html> the next version will be 3.0. The general idea 
> is to only backport bugfixes and all new functionality goes into the next major release. So 31018 should not be 
> backported and a new release is around the corner so it should not be a problem - right?
> In general these kind of questions are better off discussed on the dev list where more people can chime in.
> Best regards
> Anders
>  

To add to all the valid points Anders has made, we’ve laid out our release policy (which we’ve been using for about 10 
years now) here: https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/ReleasePolicy 
<https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/ReleasePolicy>

Thanks,
Jaap

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