Re: libpcap version

[Jon Anderson <jon.anderson () oracle com>]

Michael,

Thanks a lot for the reply.

It's not critical at all so don't worry about it.  I just need to
set an expectation of which upstream version the fix will be
in.  For our OS releases, we maintain a patch stream which we
apply to a fixed revision (currently 1.5.1) until it's suitable
for us to move wholesale to a higher upstream version.

Our process mandates that we attempt to feed our modifications back
into the community unless it makes no sense at all to do so.


Thanks again,

Jon


On 05/09/2014 13:49, Michael Richardson wrote:
> Jon Anderson <jon.anderson () oracle com> wrote:
>      > I recently had a change merged with the-tcpdump-group/libpcap
>      > (39540b9e1c4a9e4343c6cab77ee66e054f6bce51)
>
>      > Is there any way to tell which libpcap version this change will
>      > distributed with?
>
> General answer:
> Unless someone said that they pulled it up to libpcap 1.6, it will likely
> come out with libpcap 1.7, which ought to be November 2014.  [releases tend
> to be synchronized with IETF meetings]
>
> If you want to pull it up to the libpcap-1.6 branch and submit a pull
> request, and there is a reason to release a 1.6.3, that could happen.
> I see that Guy actually pulled your patch up to the 1.6 tree.
> If this is a critical fix, I can push the button on 1.6.3 once I'm back
> in the same building as the USB key that can sign it, which should be
> in about 12 hours.
>
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