Re: Joint project with Git for outreachy

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Sep 19, 2020, 19:55 UTC
Message-ID: <20200919195545.GH67496@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAN05THSUN4YToYRqWUxZ0r2=wVxJU0V2iWumx1jjx=eTQ7rAYw@mail.gmail.com>

On 2020-09-19 at 09:12:53, ronnie sahlberg wrote:

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> Hi Jonathan,
> Hi Emily
> 
> Emily, you want to contribute to wireshark? That is awesome. I think I
> speak for everyone to send a HUGE welcome
> your way and hope your experience working on and with wireshark be excellent!

I think there's been a misunderstanding. I think the proposal was to have Emily and Jonathan, who are both significant contributors to Git, doing the mentoring from the Git side, along with someone from the Wireshark side. I don't think we know yet if anyone will be interested in working on it, but it seems from the response to be a proposal that has interest in both projects.

Feel free to correct me if I've misunderstood.

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> I think a git dissector would be really awesome.
> We do have a packet-git.c already in wireshark, but looking at it it
> is very barebones (understatement of the year:-)
> but getting a real full blown git protocol implementation would be
> totally awesome.

I agree that a Git dissector would be an awesome addition to Wireshark, for all the reasons mentioned, and I do hope someone is able to pick it up. I'd personally find such a feature very useful, and I know some colleagues who probably would as well.

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brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US