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Re: Bug#127974: O: epan -- offline ethernet protocol analyzer



On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Colin Watson wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 03:12:25AM +0100, Angel Ramos wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > I haven't the source code and I can't solve the bugs there are opened.
> > Not much to do about this package. I orphane it.
> > 
> > ----
> > Package: epan 1.3.1-4 [non-free]
> > offline ethernet protocol analyzer
> > 
> > This program allows you to capture data from network devices like
> > ethernet, SLIP or PPP and analyze this data. You can decode the captured
> > data in detail, i.e. you'll see all the details of protocols like IP,
> > TCP, UDP, DNS or RIP. Epan currently contains more than 25 protocol
> > decoders.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I propose that we remove this package. There's no source code, upstream
> has disappeared, and ethereal is a free package that provides pretty
> much the same functionality but better (or at least that's my
> impression). Any comments?

go forward.

					yours,
					peter

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