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

[Jason Spiro]

2006/11/27, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com> wrote:
> The handling of voicemail is really a minor detail. I'd consider it of
> debconf priority low. Why don't you start with the major questions: what
> should the PBX do?
>
> Can you come up with such a set of questions?

I cannot, as I do not use asterisk. (I have a physical answering
machine at home, so I have no need for it.) Perhaps we could ask on
debian-user or on some general VoIP-related mailing list.

> One important implementation requirement: Asterisk will erquire manual
> configuration.  E.g: registrating and configuring phones and trunks.
> This must not conflict with Asterisk.

So we should have a "do not modify my Asterisk configuration files" choice.

[parts snipped]

> For instance: can anybody consider a standard way to define the
> information about SIP (IAX?) trunks in order to automate subscribing to
> one?
>
> I have done some work on making Zaptel work automagically.

Cool. ISTM a lot of home users use Zaptel hardware.

> Also consider users.conf in Asterisk 1.4, which hopefully should help
> implementing a simple setup.

Are there .debs available of 1.4? If not, perhaps we should wait until
1.4 becomes stable to do this?

Cheers,
Jason

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