[Asterisk-Dev] Converting the Asterisk code to autoconf

[telephony at jonjay.com]

Hello all:

I am new to the Asterisk community, but I am looking forward
to making contributions.

There is one issue that I would like to see improved.  Currently
the top level Asterisk source contains more than 100 files and
a single static makefile.  Like so many other quality OSS packages
this should be placed under GNU's autoconf, and a more hierarchical
file organization should be in place.

In Astricon, I had the opportunity to talk about this with
Kevin Fleming from Digium, and he was receptive to my proposal.
I hired a programmer which has converted OSS for me in the past,
and he estimates that it would take him about a month (he has
other programming responsibilities).  One of the goals will be
to have the number of build and install error messages reduced
to zero or close to.  Plus, all the Unixes out there should
benefit a great deal.

I would like to place that programmer under Kevin's supervision,
and I will foot the bill.

Later on, we could work on converting the rest of the code
(Zaptel, Libpri, Addons and Sounds).

We don't want to replicate efforts.  So, is there anyone out
there working on this?  Do you have concerns, suggestions
or comments?

Regards,

-Ramon F Herrera