Re: [RFA] HE support

[Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 2:55 AM, Johannes Berg
<johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-04-12 at 02:54 -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
>>
>> > What do you think? Could wireshark do a point release of 2.6.x and 2.5.x
>> > to include the changes? Or perhaps we could just say that 2.5.x would
>> > just be broken for this, and people should upgrade for HE?
>>
>>
>> n.{odd number}.x Wireshark releases are development releases; Gerald,
>> is there any reason to care whether 2.5.x is broken when it tries to
>> read this radiotap field?
>
> Ah, I wasn't aware of this, thanks.
>
>> 2.6.0 is scheduled for April 18th; Gerald, if we have a finalized
>> version of this radiotap field soon, would it be possible to get a
>> change for that into the 2.6.0 release?
>
> That's pretty soon, but another option would be to just #if 0 the broken
> code quickly? That's a bit annoying, but better than shipping something
> that we may have to break.

I can go with either approach ... coding the changes will not take
long :-) Sigh. The perils of trying to stay at the front if the
charge.

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Regards,
Richard Sharpe
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