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1 TODO list for libpcap
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4Important stuff (to be done before the next release)
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6
7General
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9- configure should not be in Git. Most open source projects have an
10  autogen.sh script to run autoconf etc. after checkout. I think we
11  should stick to the standard.
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13- The source files should be better documented. There is no official
14  design guideline for what is done where. There should be a common coding
15  style (okay, you can guess that by looking at the code) and a guide for
16  what needs to be documented.
17
18Less urgent items
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21- Better documentation and cleanup of the interface. I am seeing a few
22  problems at the first glance which needs fixing:
23  + pcap_lookupnet makes little to no sense with protocols != IPv4
24  + not very well suited for interactive programs (think ethereal). There
25    should be a way for the application to get a file descriptor which it
26    has to monitor and a callback in pcap which has to be called on
27    activity (XXX - "pcap_fileno()" handles the first part, although
28    "select()" and "poll()" don't work on BPF devices on most BSDs, and
29    you can call "pcap_dispatch()" as the dispatch routine after putting
30    the descriptor into non-blocking mode)
31  + too many functions. There are a lot of functions for everything which
32    violates the KISS principle. Why do we need pcap_strerror, pcap_perror
33    and pcap_geterr?
34  + the manpage has a brief description of each function but where is the
35    big picture? Seems like you need to buy UNP for that...
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