movement of source files from the top-level directory

[Gilbert Ramirez <gram () alumni rice edu>]

The existence of so many source files in the top-level directory of the
Wireshark source distribution bothers me. I would love to be able to "ls"
the top-level directory and not have it scroll off my screen.

I have diagrammed the current Wireshark source directory hierarchy at:

http://www.gliffy.com/pubdoc/3375981/L.png

With this in mind, and by analyzing the groupings in Makefile.common, I'd
like to recommend the following movements:

Create new directory called shark, to contain files common, or almost
common, to the analyzer applications (wireshark, tshark, and rawshark):

airpcap_loader.c
alert_box.c
capinfos.c
capture.c
capture_ifinfo.c
capture_info.c
capture_opts.c
capture-pcap-util.c
capture-pcap-util-unix.c
capture_stop_conditions.c
capture_sync.c
capture_ui_utils.c
capture-wpcap.c
capture_wpcap_packet.c

etc.

This would help in getting rid of how automake is creating separate object
files for the .c files that are shared across the applications:

$ ls -l *capture_opts.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 gilramir eng 46256 Feb 21 08:46 dumpcap-capture_opts.o
-rw-r--r-- 1 gilramir eng 46256 Feb 21 08:23 tshark-capture_opts.o

Because, they are compiled with the same flags:
$ cksum *capture_opts.o
3352293452 46256 dumpcap-capture_opts.o
3352293452 46256 tshark-capture_opts.o

The C files that build the smaller tool applications (mergecap, randpkt,
 text2pcap) should [for now] stay at the top-level directory.

I also feel that the directories that distribute data files (radius, dtds,
idl), should all be moved under another new directory, perhaps
"definitions", but I know less about those files.

Are there other thoughts on how to tidy the source directories? Is anyone
working on this yet?

Gilbert

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