Bug#399807: asterisk: please let users configure a basic home asterisk setup in debconf

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 12:30:01AM -0500, Jason Spiro wrote:
> Package: asterisk
> Version: 1:1.2.13~dfsg-2
> Severity: wishlist
> Usertags: usability
> 
> It would be great if debconf could set up a simple voicemail-only
> setup or some other useful setup for home users automatically. If
> debconf can set up a basic exim4 config for you, it is surely possible
> to make it set up a basic asterisk config too. :-)

Where would such a setup be useful?

> 
> The voicemail-only setup could be as follows: Asterisk could pick up
> on all devices after a specified number of seconds of ringing, play a
> default greeting, record a voicemail, and send a copy to the email
> address of your choice.

What "devices"? Defining the various devices is the big deal. Playing a
bit with the voicemail macro is the little detail. What will you do with
it on upgrade?

Anyway, start exploring users.conf of Asterisk 1.4. Noneed to get much
farther.

> 
> If you want to get fancy, debconf could also allow the user to listen
> to existing voicemails by pressing the * key then entering a PIN
> number chosen in debconf.

There are plenty of ways to get fancy. I'd reserve '*' to special
operations.

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