[Fwd: Re: Bug#266529: asterisk: Please package newer version of Asterisk, libpri, zaptel]

[Kilian Krause]

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FYI.

I've answered his last question about why not do another upload now
already, no need to reply again to that.

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> From: Alessandro Polverini <alex@nibbles.it>
> To: Kilian Krause <kk@verfaction.de>
> Subject: Re: Bug#266529: asterisk: Please package newer version of Asteri=
sk, libpri, zaptel
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 17:20:26 +0200
>=20
> Hello Kilian,
> thanks for your fast reply.
>=20
> I keep this reply private since I think it's no more interesting for the
> package in question.
>=20
> On Wed, 2004-08-18 at 16:55, Kilian Krause wrote:
> > Hi Alessandro,
> >=20
> > > What I remember right now is:
> > > - ISDN modems using the i4l interface (hisax driver) does not work at
> > > all on debian release (you get an error like "can't open /dev/ttyI0")
> >=20
> > ISDN has ever had problems and chan_capi was rolled out as the quality
> > of chan_capi is much superior to the chan_i4l one. So whenever you can,
> > use a CAPI driver or mISDN with chan_capi. I'll look into the new
> > chan_i4l, yet that's nothing to be rolled out too quickly without
> > testing.
>=20
> I know capi is much better but my card (HFC-S) is not capi compatible (I
> know of).
> Anyway, I noticed chan_modem_i4l works very well for me, so having it
> for home users would be a great option anyway.
>=20
> > > - zaptel drivers and chan_zap gives some strange errors on TE405P cab=
led
> > > to E1's and legacy PBX (I've not completely solved the problem, tough=
)
> >=20
> > if the problem isn't completely solved, waiting till it is sounds like =
a
> > good idea ;)
>=20
> :)
> The problem is that *I* have not solved it, while reading from people in
> the asterisk mailing list, the latest drivers are only better and solve
> some documented problems (take a look at bugs digium page).
>=20
> > > - Latest release has also licensed mp3 files for WaitOnHold that are
> > > really useful
> >=20
> > licensed mp3 are not free (as their adjective already tells), so we
> > couldn't ship it anyway. Could you please specify which one this is, so
> > we can take care of this? Is any of the current asterisk-sounds
> > licensed?
>=20
> Err, I'm not expert on the question, so I can't judge, but the latest
> release of * comes with these 3 files in the /var/lib/asterisk/mohmp3/:
> fpm-calm-river.mp3, fpm-world-mix.mp3, fpm-sunshine.mp3.
> And reading from the file README.fpm:
>=20
> About Hold Music
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> Digium has licensed the music included with
> the Asterisk distribution From FreePlayMusic
> for use and distribution with Asterisk.  It
> is licensed ONLY for use as hold music within
> an Asterisk based PBX.
>=20
> So, for sure it's not free, nonetheless it can be distributed with
> asterisk. Maybe it can be on the non-free archive of Debian?
>=20
> Also, reading the changelogs:
>=20
> Asterisk 1.0-RC2
>  -- Additional CDR backends
>  -- Allow muted to reconnect
>  -- Call parking improvements (including SIP parking support)
>  -- Added licensed hold music from FreePlayMusic
>  -- GR-303 and Zap improvements
>  -- More bug fixes from the bug tracker
>  -- Improved FreeBSD/OpenBSD/MacOS X support
>=20
> and, post RC2:
>  -- Use Q.931 standard cause codes for asterisk cause codes
>  -- Bug fixes from the bug tracker
>=20
> I would tell that all these things are *important*, and since *they*
> think they are nearing a 1.0 release (and a stable one), I think we (as
> Debian) should consider the same.
>=20
> > > - something minor I don't remember right now, but that I'll check to
> > > report you as soon as I solve all my remaining problems (mainly relat=
ed
> > > to tone detection on isdn channels)
> > >=20
> > > Also there are some limitations on the startup script provided in
> > > /etc/rc.d/ (I suppose it would be better another bug report for that)=
.
> > > The problems I remember are:
> > > - "/etc/init.d/asterisk restart" does not work if asterisk is stopped
> > > - "/etc/init.d/asterisk start" gives no (correct) feedback if asteris=
k
> > > is unable to start
> >=20
> > yep, that's bug #263879 very probably. Something to look into after the
> > release too.
>=20
> I understand this thing is a minor one, but why wait for the release? A
> better designed script is always welcome, and since the stable release
> of debian does not change any more, it's very important to have the more
> possible things in it in time.
>=20
> Thanks for your time and for your work on *,
> Alex
>=20
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Viele Gr=FCsse,
 Kilian

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