[Bug 231746] Review Request: ettercap - Network traffic sniffer/analyser

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Summary: Review Request: ettercap - Network traffic sniffer/analyser


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=231746





------- Additional Comments From wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro  2007-03-13 14:57 EST -------
The more I think about it, the more I believe that a variant of comment #11 is
the simplest way to go:
- create 3 packages; ettercap-common, ettercap-gui and ettercap; last ones
should _both_ provide "ettercap"
- include in ettercap-common a README.FEDORA explaining that the -gui provides
all capabilities of the -tui + gtk interface; include here the command switches
needed  in order to use the -gui as a text only/ ncurses interface (we all know
that people do not read manuals, so including same info in two places won't
hurt; we might just get a supplemental chance to actually pass the info to the
end user) and the instructions on how to remove the text-only package if one
decides to use the gtk version
- ettercap would install in addition to the ettercap binary the -curses and
-text symlinks
- assuming that ettercap-gui would be installed by people who actually want a
GUI, a .desktop file will be installed which runs just that: the GUI. If the
user wants to use the -gtk enabled binary with a text only interface, the
instructions for achieving this are available both in the man page and in the
README.FEDORA doc.
- the description of ettercap (the text only package) should mention that, for a
GUI variant, "yum install ettercap-gui" should be used

Advantages
- no conflicts
- no need for alternatives
- the name being shorter, yum install ettercap would not pull the GUI + deps
- since the gtk version provides ettercap, the text-only package will not be
pulled once the gtk is installed

Opinions ?

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