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

[Russell Bryant]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Matthew  Jordan <mjordan at digium.com> wrote:
>
> ----- 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.

Fair enough.  I'm not sure of the current status of chan_jingle and
chan_gtalk ... if they are known to be broken, you may be doing users
a favor by removing them now to avoid confusion about what they should
be trying to use.

-- 
Russell Bryant