[asterisk-dev] Comedian Mail/Asterisk Mail/Comedian Mail Again?

[North Antara]

Brian Capouch wrote:
> I have had a strange set of experiences with the recent "automatically 
> download and install the sound files" changes to SVN-trunk.  I'm sure 
> someone can explain what's going on, but I can't :-)
>
> Right after the change was made to auto-download, I got a new set of 
> files on my system.  They were the ones with the long spaces in them, 
> but Allison's voicemail prompt still called the system "Comedian Mail."
>
> Then, following a post from Kevin that the inter-syllabic spaces had 
> been tightened up, I downloaded the files manually, and to my surprise 
> the main prompt changed to say, "Asterisk Mail."
>
> Now a week or so again the system auto-detected something that caused 
> it to reinstall the files yet again.  Now the syllable spacing is OK, 
> but Allison is back to her comedic tricks again with the VMM prompt.
>
> Can anyone explain the symantics behind this happening in this fashion?
>
> What *should* the main voicemail entry prompt "officially" be?
>
> Thanks.
>
> B.
>
> p.s. I haven't dug the makefiles, but I would think it would be good 
> to have an option to let the administrator make his own decisions on 
> this front.  Maybe that's possible and I don't know how?
>

You can deselect the sound prompts (and MoH) from `make menuselect`.  
This will also allow you to install what was formerly called 
asterisk-sounds, as well as the new non-English prompts.