Disable UTF-8 debug checks for release builds for optimization
purposes.
Also remove unused macro that currently lacks a proper use case.
Change version info to be more complete about the build type without
being too verbose.
Some older dissectors that predate Unicode and parse text protocols
are prone to generate invalid UTF-8 strings. This is a bug and can have
safety implications.
For example passing invalid UTF-8 to proto_tree_add_string() is a
common bug. There are safeguards in format_text() but this should
not be relied on as a general solution to the problem.
For one, as the name implies, it is only used with representation of a
field value, which is not the same as the value itself of an FT_STRING field.
Issue #18317 shows another reason why.
For now this compile flag only enables extra checks for string ftypes,
which covers a subset of proto.h APIs including
proto_tree_append_string(). Later is should be extended to other
interfaces.
This is also not expected to be disabled for release builds because
there are still many dissectors that do not correctly handle strings.
More work is needed to 1) identify them and 2) fix them.
Ping #18317
The locale information can be excessively verbose. Cut down the
number of categories displayed to one, arguably the most relevant
for troubleshooting purposes.
Version info is an aspect of UI implementation so move it to
a more appropriate place, such as ui/. This also helps declutter
the top-level.
A static library is appropriate to encapsulate the dependencies
as private and it is better supported by CMake than object libraries.
Also version_info.h should not be installed as a public header.
João Valverde