Bug 928131

Summary:	Wireshark builds should not have python enabled
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss>
Component:	wireshark	Assignee:	Peter Hatina <phatina>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	18	CC:	huzaifas, jsafrane, phatina, rvokal, tsmetana
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Description Jeff Morriss 2013-03-27 01:39:39 UTC

Description of problem:
Redhat's Wireshark builds are built "--with-python".  There are a number of serious problems with Wireshark's Python support (including at least one bug reported by Redhat).

The current Wireshark's 'configure' help lists Python support as "BROKEN/UNSTABLE".

There is not currently a lot of interest in the Wireshark community to fix this.  As such I'd suggest Redhat stop enabling this feature.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All

How reproducible:
N/A

Steps to Reproduce:
1. wireshark -v | grep Python
  
Actual results:
Says "with Python"

Expected results:
Says "without Python"

Additional info:

Sample bugs in the Python support:

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7011
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6448

Comment 1 Peter Hatina 2013-12-10 12:56:57 UTC

Python support was removed in May 2013 (IIRC). Closing.