[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0011261]: [patch] chan_h323 with H323Plus for TRUNK (SVN rev. 89183)

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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=11261 
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Reported By:                vhatz
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   11261
Category:                   Channels/chan_h323
Reproducibility:            N/A
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     confirmed
Asterisk Version:            SVN 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  trunk 
SVN Revision (number only!): 89183 
Disclaimer on File?:        N/A 
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2007-11-15 11:46 CST
Last Modified:              2008-12-16 12:10 CST
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Summary:                    [patch] chan_h323 with H323Plus for TRUNK (SVN rev.
89183)
Description: 
This is a modification to the trunk version of SVN rev. 89183 chan_h32.
This modification enables chan_h323 to compile and use the latest H323Plus
library instead of the OpenH323 library.
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Relationships       ID      Summary
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duplicate of        0013888 Cannot compile SVN with patch from bug ...
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 (0096460) vhatz (reporter) - 2008-12-16 12:10
 http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=11261#c96460 
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If we stick to older libraries which are not being maintained then
chan_h323 will die at some point. H323 support is already seriously lacking
compared to SIP and IAX in Asterisk, as we all know. 

Having worked with various OpenH323 versions myself in production I can
verify that similar if not the same leaks and locks existed in all the last
OpenH323 versions till the project was renamed to OPAL.

H323Plus incorporates new features and fixes brought in from OPAL all the
time. Things like higher call capacity, new codec negotiation algorithms
and stability issues have been addressed already. 

> versions 1.19.0 and 1.19.0.1 are much worse then 1.18.0, so there is no
>guarantee that h323plus is better in any subject.

I fail to see the reasoning behind this. H323Plus is being maintained,
OpenH323 is not. Which one has more chances to improve and fix problems?

I just believe that in the end, it all comes down to whether we want
chan_h323 to improve and become comparable to chan_sip in terms of
stability and functionality or if we want to let H323 support in Asterisk
wither and die. 

Issue History 
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2008-12-16 12:10 vhatz          Note Added: 0096460                          
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