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Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability
From: João Valverde <j () v6e pt>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:10:46 +0000
On 20/01/22 15:28, Roland Knall wrote:
I think it is reasonable to assume that libraries provided with the project are being used by external programs. I know one utility which is being used in a rather closed-off community (but nonetheless widely adopted by around 200-300 people), which got broken by this. Their solution is to stay on 3.4 until either 3.6 is fixed or the utility (which probably will be done in this case).
Sorry, I don't understand. A utility got broken by what? What do you mean by "this"?
I also think it is the right thinking to allow libraries and more specifically ABI breaks between releases. But those should never occur in a maintenance release, which is what happened here if I got the gist of it. If the break would be between 3.4.x and 3.6.0 it would be fine by me. But breaking between 3.6.0 and 3.6.1 should not happen. I consider this an issue that must be fixed - but the change should most certainly happen with a version beyond 3.6.And just additionally my 2 cents. Please always consider that although the download rates of Wireshark are mind-blowing and wonderful, the adoption within companies might be even greater with special build versions. There exists many reasons for those versions, be it not enough resources available to bring changes to mainline or having code and adaptations which are for whatever (legal mostly) reasons not able to be publicly available. Changes like these i would see as a risk to those practices, and one of the reasons Wireshark has such a good standing within the community are our policies for long-time stability and maintainability.Just my own thoughts on this. cheers RolandAm Do., 20. Jan. 2022 um 13:42 Uhr schrieb Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu>:Hi All, João shared his opinion about the project's commitment to maintain stable shared library ABI within stable branches: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17822 I believe the current practice is reasonable and beneficial enough for many parties to warrant the work, but I could be wrong. Comments are welcome. Cheers, Balint ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list<wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives:https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe:https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability, (continued)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Roland Knall (Jan 20)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Guy Harris (Jan 20)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Roland Knall (Jan 20)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability João Valverde (Jan 20)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Bálint Réczey (Jan 20)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability João Valverde (Jan 20)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Bálint Réczey (Jan 21)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability João Valverde (Jan 21)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability João Valverde (Jan 22)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Roland Knall (Jan 22)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Bálint Réczey (Jan 21)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability João Valverde (Jan 21)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Roland Knall (Jan 21)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Bálint Réczey (Jan 21)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability João Valverde (Jan 21)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability Bálint Réczey (Jan 21)
- Re: Future of Wireshark's shared library ABI stability João Valverde (Jan 21)