[pcap-ng-format] [OPSAWG] New Version Notification for draft-tuexen-opsawg-pcapng-02.txt

[Qin Wu]

Hi, two Michaels:
Can you clarify what functionalities is missed for more modern applications? Since it is enhancement to libpcap, do you expect all the future packet capture tools support the format defined in this draft?

-Qin
-----邮件原件-----
发件人: OPSAWG [mailto:opsawg-bounces at ietf.org] 代表 Michael Richardson
发送时间: 2020年9月29日 4:31
收件人: Michael Tuexen <tuexen at fh-muenster.de>; pcap-ng-format at winpcap.org; opsawg at ietf.org; Jasper Bongertz <jasper at packet-foo.com>; tcpdump-workers at lists.tcpdump.org; Fulvio Risso <fulvio.risso at polito.it>; Guy Harris <gharris at sonic.net>; Gerald Combs <gerald at wireshark.org>
主题: Re: [OPSAWG] New Version Notification for draft-tuexen-opsawg-pcapng-02.txt


Michael Tuexen <tuexen at fh-muenster.de> wrote:
    >> internet-drafts at ietf.org wrote:
    >>> Diff: https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-tuexen-opsawg-pcapng-02
    >>
    >> Hi, I have converted the xml to markdown.

    > Why? If we want to publish this, it will be published in xmlv3. So
    > better to use that format earlier...

It's so so so much easier to maintain and update and get contributions.
github will render it directly....

If you object strongly, we can stick to XML.

    >> The results in the diff are okay, but actually the conversion is not
    >> complete as I cheated and left the tables as preformatted figures, and
    >> there are many internal references that I have no yet updated.
    >>
    >> The xml file had a long list of URLs as references, many of which were
    >> duplicated.  I will be going through and fixing those in the next week
    >> or so.
    >>
    >> This work has been discussed on and off in OPSAWG, but at this point I
    >> am going to suggest that the document just go through the Independant
    >> Submission Editor.

    > Do we want to finally publish that? Up to now, I think the point was to
    > find a home where it is substantially discussed and improved...

If we can get OPSAWG to adopt it, great.
I'm just not holding my breath.

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