opvx1200.c [was: Re: [Pkg-voip-commits] r1980 - in zaptel/trunk: . debian debian/patches]

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 12:50:26PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Author: tzafrir-guest
> Date: 2006-06-29 12:50:04 +0000 (Thu, 29 Jun 2006)
> New Revision: 1980
> 
> Added:
>    zaptel/trunk/debian/patches/xpp_xorcom_debian.dpatch
>    zaptel/trunk/debian/zaptel.permissions.rules

hmmmm... this one should not have been merged...

>    zaptel/trunk/opvxa1200.c

In case you wonder where this is from...

[snip]

> Modified: zaptel/trunk/debian/copyright
> ===================================================================
> --- zaptel/trunk/debian/copyright	2006-06-29 07:44:10 UTC (rev 1979)
> +++ zaptel/trunk/debian/copyright	2006-06-29 12:50:04 UTC (rev 1980)
> @@ -39,3 +39,21 @@
>  vzaphfc is derived from bristuff and since enhanced by:
>   * Copyright (C) 2004-2006, Daniele "Vihai" Orlandi <daniele at orlandi.com>
>   * Copyright (C) 2006, headissue GmbH; Jens Wilke <jw_vzaphfc at headissue.com>
> +
> +Files in the xpp/ subdirectory:
> +
> +* Written by Oron Peled <oron at actcom.co.il>
> +* Copyright (C) 2004-2006, Xorcom
> +
> +The following two files are not yet available for download. However they 
> +are based on other Zaptel drives and distributed under the terms of the 
> +GNU GPL:
> +
> +opvxa1200.c:
> +* OpenVox A1200P FXS/FXO Interface Driver for Zapata Telephony interface
> +*
> +* Modify from wctdm.c by MiaoLin<miaolin at openvox.com.cn>
> +
> +opvxa1200.c is not availble for download from the author's site yet 
> +(it is distributed with the CD that is included with the product).
> +Author promisses to set up a public mirror soon.

I have contacted the author. After a chat he seems to understand that
not making the driver availble from free download hurts his customers.
He also likes the idea of the driver being distributed in Debian.

Note that there's practically zero chance for that driver to be merged
into the main Digium distribution.

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