[Asterisk-Dev] suggestions/discussion how to implement ISDN advice of charge (AOC) from low level channel driver through channels to the dialplan and back and to the cdr

[Frank Sautter]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
well first of all: i want to apologize if my last mail was to rude... 
please keep in mind i'm _not_ an english native speaker and especially 
when it comes to critisise something or someone, the path is very narrow 
one can go, to express the arguments and on the other hand not to anger 
someone.
based on your reaction... i left that path :-/
again: please accept my apoligies.

> I hear this from a number of people, and I just don't understand it at all.
> 
> When you post a patch to Mantis, you have to assume up front that it is 
> _not_ going to get merged until people come along and help you get the 
> job done (in 90% of the cases that are not simple bug fixes). That means 
> you will have to babysit the patch, keep it up to date, and respond to 
> queries from people who are interested in it and/or testing it.
well, i'm very glad to babysit my patches until they make it into the 
cvs-head.

> If you have multiple patches in the works, especially for the same 
> module, that makes the process that much more difficult, but the burden 
> is always on _you_, not on the people who run the bugtracker.
sure it's my task and i'm willing to take the burdon, but i get the 
feeling that there are to less bug marshals or people that have write 
access to the cvs.

> Finally, even if you post a patch whose code is absolutely perfect and 
> the implementation is ideal, there is no guarantee it will get merged 
> into Asterisk proper in any specific time period (if at all). That is 
> the nature of a community project, and it's the way that all OSS 
> projects work. Have you ever watched how many times a relatively simple 
> patch to the Linux kernel has to be posted, updated, re-posted, etc. 
> until it's ready to be merged?
well.. no... maybe it's because, that's my first oss project i get 
involved deeper. and i think my involvment is based on all those telco 
standards and customer needs and habits around the world that are more 
diverse than in any other IT area.

> or stop complaining when they go 'stale' 
> because you haven't kept them up to date with CVS HEAD.
well they got stale despite they are up to date....

regards
  frank sautter