[asterisk-dev] SIP disconnect code

[Carles Pina i Estany]

Hi,

On Jul/21/2008, Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> On Monday 21 July 2008 10:26:11 Tim Ringenbach wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Carles Pina i Estany <carles at pina.cat> 
> wrote:
> > > hangup_sip2cause function could give the same HANGUPCAUSE for more
> > > than one SIP disconnect reason, like in the trunk version 481 and 482
> > > SIP codes will return AST_CAUSE_INTERWORKING (defined in
> > > include/asterisk/causes.h, Q.931 disconnect codes).
> > >
> > > Because sometimes I need to know the SIP disconnect code, I don't see
> > > any reason that we don't have a SIPHANGUPCAUSE with the SIP reason (404,
> > > 604, etc.) so I'm thinking to implement and send the patch.
> >
> > I would be interested in this, and I wouldln't mind having the message
> > set in another variable too.
> >
> > Someone mentioned it wouldn't make sense if multiple outbound channels
> > were called at once. What does asterisk do with HANGUPCAUSE now if
> > there are multiple outbound calls?
> >
> > I disagree with the idea that it violates the protocol neutral design.
> > IMO, one needs to provider both a HANGUPCAUSE and a
> > TECHxxxHANGUPCAUSE. Then you can recommend that things rely on
> > HANGUPCAUSE, but the power to access exactly what happened isn't lost
> > and can be used for those special cases that need it.
> 
> Or HANGUPCAUSETEXT, a freeform text field that may contain just about

I like this idea, and I think that Philipp Kempgen likes too. 

Probably next days (or in one week) I will work on it and say something
here.

I don't know if I will work with 1.4 branch or 1.6. Maybe it's better
with 1.6? (I haven't tested at all...)

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