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authorGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2011-05-17 19:26:00 +0000
committerGerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>2011-05-17 19:26:00 +0000
commit11dec46275d7d45116c960362e431d9944395179 (patch)
tree2ba6e74bd7aba36b8ee07735e37be324e0e25870 /docbook
parentcdedb31e947919bb3082c026a0e01335a27055ed (diff)
downloadwireshark-11dec46275d7d45116c960362e431d9944395179.tar.gz
Update the release notes for 1.7/1.8.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=37206
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diff --git a/docbook/release-notes.xml b/docbook/release-notes.xml
index fe96133a8a..e7239f6d80 100644
--- a/docbook/release-notes.xml
+++ b/docbook/release-notes.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Wireshark Info
<itemizedlist>
+<!--
<listitem><para>
Wireshark is unresponsive when capturing from named pipes on Windows.
(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1759">Bug
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ Wireshark Info
Ring buffers are no longer turned on by default when using multiple
capture files.
</para></listitem>
+-->
</itemizedlist>
@@ -55,151 +57,13 @@ Wireshark Info
<section id="NewFeatures"><title>New and Updated Features</title>
<para>
The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
- since version 1.4:
+ since version 1.6:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Wireshark can import text dumps, similar to text2pcap.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can now view Wireshark's dissector tables (for example the
- TCP port to dissector mappings) from the main window.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- TShark can show a specific occurrence of a field when using '-T fields'.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Custom columns can show a specific occurrence of a field.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can hide columns in the packet list.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Wireshark can now export SMB objects.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- dftest and randpkt now have manual pages.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- TShark can now display iSCSI, ICMP and ICMPv6 service response times.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Dumpcap can now save files with a user-specified group id.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Syntax checking is done for capture filters.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can display the compiled BPF code for capture filters in the
- Capture Options dialog.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- You can now navigate backwards and forwards through TCP and UDP
- sessions using
- <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>,</keycap></keycombo>
- and
- <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>.</keycap></keycombo>
- .
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Packet length is (finally) a default column.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- TCP window size is now avaiable both scaled and unscaled. A TCP
- window scaling graph is available in the GUI.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- 802.1q VLAN tags are now shown by the Ethernet II dissector.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Various dissectors now display some UTF-16 strings as proper Unicode
- including the DCE/RPC and SMB dissectors.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The RTP player now has an option to show the time of day in the
- graph in addition to the seconds since beginning of capture.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The RTP player now shows why media interruptions occur.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Graphs now save as PNG images by default.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- TShark can read and write host name information from and to
- pcapng-formatted files. Wireshark can read it. TShark can dump host
- name information via <cmdsynopsis><arg>-z hosts</arg></cmdsynopsis>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The tshark -z option now uses the <cmdsynopsis><arg>-z
- &lt;proto&gt;,srt</arg></cmdsynopsis> syntax instead of
- <cmdsynopsis><arg>-z &lt;proto&gt;,rtt</arg></cmdsynopsis>
- for all protocols that support service response time
- statistics. This syntax now matches Wireshark's syntax
- for this option.
+ <!-- -->
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -211,38 +75,7 @@ Wireshark Info
<section id="NewProtocols"><title>New Protocol Support</title>
<para>
-ADwin,
-ADwin-Config,
-Apache Etch,
-Aruba PAPI,
-Babel Routing Protocol,
-Constrained Application Protocol (COAP),
-Digium TDMoE,
-Erlang Distribution Protocol,
-Ether-S-I/O,
-FastCGI,
-Fibre Channel over InfiniBand (FCoIB),
-Gopher,
-Gigamon GMHDR,
-IDMP,
-Infiniband Socket Direct Protocol (SDP),
-JSON,
-LISP Data,
-LISP,
-MikroTik MAC-Telnet,
-Mongo Wire Protocol,
-Network Monitor 802.11 radio header,
-OPC UA ExtensionObjects,
-PPI-GEOLOCATION-GPS,
-ReLOAD,
-ReLOAD Framing,
-RSIP,
-SAMETIME,
-SCoP,
-SGSAP,
-Tektronix Teklink,
-WAI authentication,
-Wi-Fi P2P (Wi-Fi Direct)
+<!-- Sorted, one per line -->
</para>
</section>
@@ -255,16 +88,7 @@ Wi-Fi P2P (Wi-Fi Direct)
<section id="NewCapture"><title>New and Updated Capture File Support</title>
<para>
-Apple PacketLogger,
-Catapult DCT2000,
-Daintree SNA,
-Endace ERF,
-HP OpenVMS TCPTrace,
-IPFIX (the file format, not the protocol),
-Lucent/Ascend debug,
-Microsoft Network Monitor,
-Network Instruments,
-TamoSoft CommView
+<!-- Sorted, one per line -->
</para>
</section>
@@ -358,12 +182,6 @@ TamoSoft CommView
</para>
<para>
- Crash when sorting column while capturing.
- (<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4273">Bug
- 4273</ulink>)
- </para>
-
- <para>
Packet list rows are oversized.
(<ulink url="http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4357">Bug
4357</ulink>)