[asterisk-dev] Deprecating sip call-limit

[Olle E Johansson]

20 nov 2007 kl. 22.58 skrev BJ Weschke:

> Johansson Olle E wrote:
>> Friends,
>>
>> Blitzrage and I had a discussion about busylevel and call-limit in
>> chan_sip on the IRC I wanted to expand to the rest of you deveopers
>> out there...
>>
>>
>> My proposal in this discussion was:
>>
>> - deprecate call-limit in chan_sip. No other channel driver has a
>> built-in call limit
>>    and we now favour groupcount and dialplan control instead of
>> embedding this
>>    into channel drivers.
>>    The call-limit is history that has survived too long.
>>
>> - implement a new option to enable call counters for the subscribe/
>> notify event system in chan_sip (channel specific)
>>
>> - implement busy-level in more channel drivers
>>
>> - implement a DEVICE() dial plan function that is cross-channel, like
>> CHANNEL(),
>>   so we can check busylevel in chan_iax2 and other channels that can
>> handle multiple
>>    channels per device. Busylevel can now be checked in the SIPPEER()
>> function only.
>>
>>
>> I know this is a lot of stuff at the same time, but it kind of  
>> belongs
>> together.
>>
>> /O
>>
> Olle / Leif -
>
> What are we going to do about things like app_queue that resolve on  
> call-limit and limitonpeers being set correctly in order to make a  
> proper response back to app_queue that the device is or is not busy  
> to receive a queue call?

App_queue doesn't do anything with the actual limit, but it needs the  
call counter that is the basis behind the call limit. That counter  
will stay, but get a new name. The actual enforcement of any call  
limits in chan_sip will go.

/O