[Asterisk-Dev] UK Caller ID patch and new CVS

[Steve Underwood]

matt.riddell at sineapps.com wrote:

>On 22 Jul 2004 at 23:49, Steve Underwood wrote:
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>>Kevin Walsh wrote:
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>>>Chris Stenton [jacs at gnome.co.uk] wrote:
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>>>>Mark does not like the history buffer method  used. I think code
>>>>will be included for the the fxo module at some point but not for
>>>>the X100P.
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>>>Apparently so.  Everyone with a X100P will be asked to "upgrade" to a
>>>TDM+FXO (on a server that supports PCI 2.2) if they want Caller*ID in
>>>the UK.
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>>That is an unreasonable, and somewhat offensive, thing to say. The
>>patch is just horrible. As a short term workaround it is very useful,
>>but no reasonable person would put it in CVS as a long term solution.
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>It's still pretty crap that we all bought X100P cards that Digium 
>must have known would not work in our market, only to be told that we 
>will have to buy new cards, and that the old ones are only usefull as 
>paperweights...
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They do work, apart from one feature which has only become popular in 
the UK quite recently. Besides, nobody says you have to throw them away. 
The present patch just isn't the right way to handle. Even the original 
author thinks its a lousy solution. There are better ways. Instead of 
whining, why not try to implement one. If I did it properly, and 
submitted it to Mark, have no no doubt whatsoever it would go into CVS.

>>>I'll be using the patch myself until the Sipura SPA-3000 gains UK
>>>support.  I'm told that support will be finalised within the next
>>>month or so.
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Regards,
Steve