[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0015168]: [patch] Add ability to use extension state as well as device state when adding queue memebers

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15168 
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Reported By:                p_lindheimer
Assigned To:                mmichelson
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   15168
Category:                   Applications/app_queue
Reproducibility:            N/A
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
Target Version:             1.6.x Version Tracker
Asterisk Version:           SVN 
Regression:                 No 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  trunk 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-05-20 15:43 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-08-26 19:07 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] Add ability to use extension state as well
as device state when adding queue memebers
Description: 
The new ability to add a device state associated with a Queue member when
configuring a queue or adding a member with AddQueueMembers solves a lot of
problems. However, it would be EXTREMELY valuable to use extension state
information as well (e.g. hints).

hints are extensively used in may dialplans to track extension state of a
system. This ability becomes even more important when you have a pbx that
supports 'hot-desking' where a user can log into and out of one or multiple
devices.

It would be extremely valuable, and from what I understand, relatively
straight forward, to add this ability such that conceptually you could an
entry such as:

member => Local/3000 at default,0,John Smith,HINT:3000 at default

and the queue would parse that this is a hint instead of a device, and use
ast_extension_state() instead of ast_device_state()


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 (0109712) p_lindheimer (reporter) - 2009-08-26 19:07
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15168#c109712 
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For FreePBX users, the Queues Module has been updated on FreePBX 2.6 so
that the inclusion of the following flag in amportal.conf:

USEQUEUESTATE=yes

will generate configuration compatible with this patch. When we know what
version of Asterisk this "HINT:" syntax will be standard in we will make it
automatically generate the required syntax regardless of the patch if that
version is running. 

Issue History 
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2009-08-26 19:07 p_lindheimer   Note Added: 0109712                          
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