Control: tags -1 confirmed Hi Christoph,
On 11/22/2015 07:05 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > Package: wireshark > Version: 2.0.0+g9a73b82-1 > Severity: wishlist > > > Hey. > > Wouldn't it make sense if the meta-package wireshark > depends on either wireshark-qt | wireshark-gtk > (or vice versa)? :-) Sure, I'll fix that in the next upload. > > And that if both are installed, root can configure > via update-alternatives which one should be invoked > with just "wireshark" > > > Cheers, > Chris > Many members of the Wireshark development team would like to phase out the GTK+ UI completely and this may happen before the Stretch release, in Wireshark 2.2. I have not implemented the alternatives system based switching to migrating away from it in the next major release, but I'm not absolutely sure if it is the best strategy and I'm open to implementing it if I get more feedback from users, for example here. Cheers, Balint PS: I also accept patches. :-)
