[Asterisk-Dev] Long comments and ideas for sip.conf

[Steven Critchfield]

On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 12:01, Rainer Jochem wrote:
> > Asterisk will reread config files with just a reload, not restart.
> > Databases are overkill for config files not to mention they are easier
> > to corrupt beyond use and take down your entire system than are flat
> > files. Most people who want databases are wanting an easy way to make a
> > web based configurator so they don't have to learn how to write the flat
> > files out from their simple php files. 
> 
> Hmm... tell me how you'd manage a sip.conf with 17000 users and giving
> the users the possibility of changing their passwords... :)
> 
> Or if you want to use * in a large environment, where all the other
> user accounts are already stored in a central database. Having
> database support in asterisk, it could be easily integrated in such
> an installation.

If you had read farther along, I suggested how to make you happy in your
environment while not changing what I am happy with. In the long run
what I suggested would make asterisk better all the way around without
stepping on anyones toes about your database sucks, or my affinity for
flat file configurations. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>