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| author | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2015-11-10 11:58:18 -0800 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2015-11-10 20:00:34 +0000 |
| commit | 6b315b461249246fda7a5589ad40377db106e9aa (patch) | |
| tree | 03939b1131f258b9d61d50e04de3a0786df297c4 /docbook | |
| parent | 1094da41ace07e64abfaa01c70e2b89f4a8c6b30 (diff) | |
| download | wireshark-6b315b461249246fda7a5589ad40377db106e9aa.tar.gz | |
Update the release notes.
Change-Id: Id1c4f50bb7a6f8b9a1fb0918b96f91371c5d974d
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/11699
Reviewed-by: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docbook/release-notes.asciidoc | 34 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/release-notes.asciidoc b/docbook/release-notes.asciidoc index 327d82630b..4c54ba547d 100644 --- a/docbook/release-notes.asciidoc +++ b/docbook/release-notes.asciidoc @@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ used for troubleshooting, analysis, development and education. == What's New -Wireshark 2.0 features a new user interface which should provide a -smoother, faster user experience. +Wireshark 2.0 features a completely new user interface which should provide a +smoother, faster user experience. The new interface should be familiar to +current users of Wireshark but provide a faster workflow for many tasks. + +The Windows installer provides the option of installing either the new +interface (``Wirehsark'') or the old interface (``Wireshark Legacy''). +Both are installed by default. Note that the legacy interface will be +removed in Wireshark 2.2. + +The Mac OS X installer only provides the new interface. If you need the +old interface you can install it via Homebrew or MacPorts. + +Wireshark's Debian- and RPM-based package definitions provide the new +interface in the ``wireshark-qt'' package and the old interface in the +``wireshark-gtk'' package. It is hoped that downstream distributions will +follow this convention. //=== Bug Fixes @@ -25,6 +39,20 @@ smoother, faster user experience. === New and Updated Features The following features are new (or have been significantly updated) +since version 2.0.0rc2: + +* ``File''->Merge no longer crashes on Windows. Bug ws-buglink:11684[]. + +* Icons in the main toolbar obey magnification settings on Windows. Bug +ws-buglink:11675[]. + +* The Windows installer does a better job of detecting WinPcap. Bug +ws-buglink:10867[]. + +* The main window no longer appears off-screen on Windows. Bug +ws-buglink:11568[]. + +The following features are new (or have been significantly updated) since version 2.0.0rc1: * For new installations on UN$$*$$X, the directory for user preferences is @@ -35,7 +63,7 @@ is absent, preferences will still be found and stored under * Qt port: ** The SIP Statistics dialog has been added. ** You can now create filter expressions from the display filter toolbar. -** Bugs in the UAT prefererences dialog has been fixed. +** Bugs in the UAT preferences dialog has been fixed. * Several dissector and Qt UI crash bugs have been fixed. |