[asterisk-dev] Asterisk and distributions (Debian, Fedora, etc)

[Joshua Colp]

Paul Belanger wrote:
> On 12-11-14 02:11 PM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>> On 14/11/12 19:54, Paul Belanger wrote:
>>> So, lets us the following example right now with Asterisk 11, since we
>>> are already embedding pjproject in Asterisk and from what I understand
>>> it is a core dependency.
>>>
>>> I haven't talked with debian-voip yet, but I'm sure there is already
>>> some concern with packaging Asterisk 11 for Debian. IIRC, nothing has
>>> been started yet and I suspect having pjproject embedded into Asterisk
>>> is going to be a hot topic.
>>>
>>> Would you expect distributions to remove the dependency on pjproject? Or
>>> worst, not package Asterisk because of policy?
>>
>> If it is easy to remove (e.g. removing some subtree and disabling a
>> configure option), then Asterisk 11 would potentially be packaged
>> without it. If it is not removable, then there is a risk that Asterisk
>> 11 does not get packaged officially at all.
>>
> My understanding, there is no way to disable pjproject right now in
> Asterisk 11 (Note, I have not tried, but asked the question a few months
> ago).

This is correct, there is no way to disable it. The usage of it though 
is well isolated enough within res_rtp_asterisk to make it possible to 
do so, with some modifications.

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