Re: text format stability

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca>]

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> > > > > "Eddie" == Eddie Kohler <kohler () cs ucla edu> writes:
    Eddie> These changes should not have been implemented globally,
    Eddie> without some flag or option to preserve the old behavior.
    Eddie> Such a flag should be added.

  It is really hard to do that -- there are a lot of files involved.
  But, feel free to send patches!

    Eddie> Why change the way 'cksum' is spelled?  Why print out the
    Eddie> checksum when it's valid?  Why not leave the IP addresses at

  Becuse checksums are not calculated unless the capture is complete,
so one can't tell the difference between:
   1) invalid
   2) valid
   3) not enough data

  Again, if scripts want a stable format, then we need a field=value format.
  Anything else is going to change at some point.

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