[asterisk-dev] Queue interface vars not available in membermacro

[Mark Michelson]

Mark Michelson wrote:
> Grigoriy Puzankin wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Since revision 181846 all variables are not accessible in membermacro,
>> because of the following changes.
>>
>>   r181846 | mmichelson | 2009-03-12 16:43:51 -0500 (Thu, 12 Mar 2009) |
>> 3 lines
>>
>>   Run the macro on the queue member's channel when he answers, not the
>> caller's channel.
>>
>>
>> The old functionality is broken. Should it be reverted back? Or is it
>> the new way the membermacro is intended to work?
>>
>> --
>> Grigoriy
> 
> This commit should not be reverted. It was completely incorrect to be running 
> the macro on the caller's channel.
> 
> I see two potential fixes for this. The easier and less invasive change is to 
> set the queue variables on both the caller and member channels. This way the 
> variables are accessible in the member macro as well as any further processing 
> that occurs on the caller channel after exiting the queue. The other potential 
> change would be to add a new option that allows for a macro to run on the 
> caller's channel.
> 
> The latter option would not be viable for any of the 1.6.X branches since it 
> requires the addition of a new feature. That being said, I will work on 
> implementing the first change I described. I will send an e-mail to the list 
> when I have it completed.
> 
> Mark Michelson
> 

The change has been committed in the following revisions:

trunk: 188032
1.6.0: 188037
1.6.1: 188038
1.6.2: 188039

Mark Michelson