[pcap-ng-format] Cleanup of the PCAP-NG spec

[Serge Aleynikov]

Perhaps this can be done either on the "issues" or "wiki" page in github:

https://github.com/pcapng/pcapng/issues
https://github.com/pcapng/pcapng/wiki

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Erik Hjelmvik <erik.hjelmvik at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2016-11-17 1:12 GMT+01:00 Jasper Bongertz <jasper at packet-foo.com>:
>
>>
>> First of all I want to say I respect both points of view, but I don't
>> want to lose either of you working on this together (and anyone else
>> offering constructive ideas - not all of them can always be accepted,
>> but that doesn't mean they're bad ideas in themselves).
>>
>> While PCAPng may not be perfect in its treatment of endianess when it
>> comes to the current code writing state-of-the-art I think we should
>> focus on getting what we have to a final spec without a major base
>> code overhaul. Because that would probably mess with all the existing
>> implemetations so far. And we might end up kinda like this:
>> https://xkcd.com/927/ ;-)
>>
>> I think if we can compromise on not touching endianess, at least for
>> the time being, and fix the remaining issues as well as removing
>> obsolete block types, a final spec should be doable.
>>
>
> I understand that all ideas cannot be accepted. But I think that all ideas
> should at least be considered and evaluated, so that the good ones can be
> accepted. I'm hoping we can have an open discussion regarding the current
> flaws in the pcapng spec before finalizing it. The PCAP format has served
> us well for the past 20+ years and if we do the pcapng spec right I hope
> that it will last another 20+ years. Also, I definitely don't wanna create
> yet-another-pcap-standard.
>
> How about we compile a list of the current deficiencies in the pcapng
> specification and then have a discussion about each potential problem?
> Also, is there some collaboration tool (bugtracker etc.) we can use for
> this, or should we try to do it on this mailing list?
>
> Best regards,
> Erik
>
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