[asterisk-dev] [Code Review] Include iLBC source code for distribution with Asterisk

[Matthew Jordan]

> From: "Steve Underwood" <steveu at coppice.org>
> To: asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com
> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 8:13:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-dev] [Code Review] Include iLBC source code	for	distribution with Asterisk
> 
> On 01/20/2012 09:54 PM, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 08:41:06PM +0800, Steve Underwood wrote:
> >> On 01/20/2012 09:57 AM, paravoid wrote:
> >>> I can do the upstream for the library if Asterisk would use it
> >>> (setup
> >>> a git repository, tarballs etc.) or I could contribute the
> >>> (trivial!)
> >>> Makefile to Digium and do that work within the Asterisk project
> >>> and
> >>> channels (like e.g. libpri, libss7 etc.). Would you be interested
> >>> in
> >>> any of the above (or other suggestions)? Would you use it?
> >>>
> >> Now, I wonder why someone hasn't already done that? Oh, yeah, they
> >> have. :-)
> > http://www.linphone.org/eng/download/git.html ?
> I think it has been done multiple times. Several packages use
> http://www.soft-switch.org/downloads/voipcodecs/ilbc-0.0.2.tar.gz
> <http://www.soft-switch.org/downloads/voipcodecs/ilbc-0.0.2.tar.gz>

Unless there have been substantial updates to the codec (performance improvements,
bug fixes, etc.), I think we will get limited value from using a third party
provided shared library.

As it is, including the IETF derived source code, which is not expected to change,
does not seem to put a significant burden on the maintenance of Asterisk.  
That being said, I'm fine with this suggestion, if someone would like to create
the patch and post it up on reviewboard.  

> Steve
> 
> 

Matthew Jordan
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