Re: [PATCH libnfnetlink 1/1] src: Minimally resurrect doxygen documentation

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Hi Pablo,

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 10:48:36PM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 02:31:42AM +1100, Duncan Roe wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 01:13:46PM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 01:02:23PM +1100, Duncan Roe wrote:
> > > > The documentation was written in the days before doxygen required groups or even
> > > > doxygen.cfg, so create doxygen.cfg.in and introduce one \defgroup per source
> > > > file, encompassing pretty-much the whole file.
> > > >
> > [...]
> > > >
> > >
> > > I'm ambivalent about this, it's been up on the table for a while.
> > >
> > > This library is rather old, and new applications should probably
> > > be based instead used libmnl, which is a better choice.
> > >
> > The thing is, the Deprecated functions in libnetfilter_queue are much better
> > documented than the newer functions and that documentation refers to
> > libnfnetlink functions.
>
> Would you help me get better the documentation for the new
> libnetfilter_queue API? I'll be trying to address your questions
> timely in case you decide to enroll in such endeavor.

OK I will take that on as a project.
>
> > So I think that while the deprecated functions are documented, you should really
> > have documentation for the old library they use.
>
> Are you refering to libnfnetlink or libnetfilter_queue in this case?

libnetfilter_queue

> If you insist on documenting libnfnetlink, I'll be fine with it, no
> worries.

Yes I insist. LMK which compiler warning fix you'd like (if any)
>
> > BTW, ldd of my app shows libnfnetlink.so although it doesn't use any deprecated
> > functions. Is that expected?
>
> Yes, there is still code in the libraries that refer to libnfnetlink.
> Replacing some of that code should be feasible via libmnl, it is a
> task that has been in my TODO list for long time. There's always
> something with more priority in the queue.

Cheers ... Duncan.



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