[asterisk-dev] Removing res_jabber, chan_gtalk, chan_jingle?

[Matthew Jordan]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russell Bryant" <russell at russellbryant.net>
> To: "Asterisk Developers Mailing List" <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:31:04 AM
> Subject: [asterisk-dev] Removing res_jabber, chan_gtalk, chan_jingle?
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I noticed that res_jabber, chan_gtalk, and chan_jingle are still in
> Asterisk 11 and trunk.  Now that we have chan_motif and res_xmpp,
> should the old modules be removed?  It seems to me that they should.
> If not, why not?
> 

Probably just to err on the side of caution.  In the case of res_jabber,
it probably could be marked as deprecated, as res_xmpp is a drop in
replacement for it.  I'd still prefer to keep it in Asterisk 11 to ease
the upgrade burden on people.

Its arguable that chan_motif is not a drop in replacement for both
chan_jingle and chan_gtalk.  Keeping them 'extended' for a release
and then reevaluating the status of those channel drivers for Asterisk 12
seems reasonable.

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