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	Hi everyone,

Hi everyone,

This is the "todo" file for mtr. I just realized that some people	This is the "todo" file for mtr. I just realized that some people
might think that this is all in MY queue to implement. That is not	might think that this is all in MY queue to implement. That is not
true: This is the "for everybody" todo list. Feel free to pick a	true: This is the "for everybody" todo list. Feel free to pick a
Line 16 implement something on this list. That way we get the	Line 15 implement something on this list. That way we get the
these things the way I like them. This should result in a better	these things the way I like them. This should result in a better
maintainable mtr.	maintainable mtr.

Oh, Feel free to provide suggestions for this list.	Oh, Feel free to provide suggestions for this list.


-- REW	-- REW

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	- cleanup
	- cleanup warnings that the newer GCC produces.

- Stuff to implement:	- Stuff to implement:

Line 32 Oh, Feel free to provide suggestions for this list.	Line 33 Oh, Feel free to provide suggestions for this list.
mtr.	mtr.

- Request timestamping at the remote site.	- Request timestamping at the remote site.
Andreas Fasbender has an algorithm that will allow us to	Andreas Fasbender has an algorithm that will allow us to
convert these measurements into one-way measurements, not just	convert these measurements into one-way measurements, not just
round-trip.	round-trip.

- allow "keyboard navigation" in the GTK version.	- allow "keyboard navigation" in the GTK version.

- Keep all packets and make the "best" and "worst" columns show the	- Keep all packets and make the "best" and "worst" columns show the
xx-th percentile....	xx-th percentile....

- Being able to expand the "column width" of the hosts listed would	- Being able to expand the "column width" of the hosts listed would
be nice, too.	be nice, too.

- Display per host stats when multiple servers respond at a particular	- Display per host stats when multiple servers respond at a particular
Line 50 Oh, Feel free to provide suggestions for this list.	Line 51 Oh, Feel free to provide suggestions for this list.

- Bugs to fix?	- Bugs to fix?

- Do something useful if host couldn't be resolved.	- Do something useful if host couldn't be resolved.
-- Done.	-- Done.

- Revert to curses mode even if DISPLAY is set, but a problem	- Revert to curses mode even if DISPLAY is set, but a problem
prevents us from running in X11 mode.	prevents us from running in X11 mode.
--> The problem is that gtk_init simply calls exit for us if	--> The problem is that gtk_init simply calls exit for us if
it finds a problem. Tricky! Suggestions welcome.	it finds a problem. Tricky! Suggestions welcome.
--> Call "gtk_check_init" when available. (i.e. new enough	--> Call "gtk_check_init" when available. (i.e. new enough
(1.2?) GTK version).	(1.2?) GTK version).

- Nice to have:	- Nice to have:

- stop sending packets when a new host is getting entered.	- stop sending packets when a new host is getting entered.

- Show state ("looking up host") while doing the DNS lookup for a new	- Show state ("looking up host") while doing the DNS lookup for a new
host.	host.

- to have a choice of icmp, tcp, and udp pings. -- Matt Martini	- to have a choice of icmp, tcp, and udp pings. -- Matt Martini

- Autoconf 2.13 has a neat function that can be used to find the	- Autoconf 2.13 has a neat function that can be used to find the
res_init function:	res_init function:

AC_SEARCH_LIBS(res_init, bind resolv, ,	AC_SEARCH_LIBS(res_init, bind resolv, ,
AC_MSG_ERROR(No resolver library found))	AC_MSG_ERROR(No resolver library found))

At the moment (march 1999) autoconf 2.13 is still too new to require	At the moment (march 1999) autoconf 2.13 is still too new to require
everyone to upgrade. About a year from now we can put this in....	everyone to upgrade. About a year from now we can put this in....

- Implement rfc2317 mechanism to do reverse lookups for networks that	- Implement rfc2317 mechanism to do reverse lookups for networks that
Line 102 Oh, Feel free to provide suggestions for this list.	Line 103 Oh, Feel free to provide suggestions for this list.

Things that shouldn't be on the TODO list because they're done. ;-)	Things that shouldn't be on the TODO list because they're done. ;-)

- Allow a toggle between hostname/IP number display. (for example a	- Allow a toggle between hostname/IP number display. (for example a
click on the hostname could revert to ip number display in gtk version.	click on the hostname could revert to ip number display in gtk version.
curses: "n" key toggles hostnames/ipnumbers?)	curses: "n" key toggles hostnames/ipnumbers?)

- Allow mtr to also send larger packets.	- Allow mtr to also send larger packets.
This will enable us to get a feel for the speed of the links	This will enable us to get a feel for the speed of the links
we're traversing. (Van Jacobson was working on this His tool	we're traversing. (Van Jacobson was working on this His tool
was slow, mtr will rock with this feature.... :-)	was slow, mtr will rock with this feature.... :-)
Line 118 Things that shouldn't be on the TODO list because they	Line 119 Things that shouldn't be on the TODO list because they
It should not probe more than 10 unknown hosts, but the counter need	It should not probe more than 10 unknown hosts, but the counter need
not be reset at the start of the "round". This way if you probe	not be reset at the start of the "round". This way if you probe
slowly (relative to the RTT time to the end host), it can probe	slowly (relative to the RTT time to the end host), it can probe
all hosts in the first "round".	all hosts in the first "round".
-- DONE.	-- DONE.

- Read environment variable "MTR_DEFAULTS" as a commandline before	- Read environment variable "MTR_DEFAULTS" as a commandline before
parsing the commandline. -- DONE. (ok it's MTR_OPTIONS.)	parsing the commandline. -- DONE. (ok it's MTR_OPTIONS.)

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