[asterisk-dev] Time to rename chan_gulp?

Steve Totaro stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com
Mon Apr 29 16:06:02 CDT 2013


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Olle E. Johansson <oej at edvina.net> wrote:

>
> 29 apr 2013 kl. 17:56 skrev Matthew Jordan <mjordan at digium.com>:
>
> > On 04/29/2013 07:20 AM, Olle E. Johansson wrote:
> >>
> >> 29 apr 2013 kl. 13:47 skrev "Malcolm C. Davenport" <malcolmd at digium.com
> >:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 29, 2013, at 6:09 AM, "Olle E. Johansson" <oej at edvina.net>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >>
> >> It's hard to use english language games in a product that's used
> world-wide. One has to be very careful with naming stuff that's going to be
> used in production.
> >> We need to have a professional and serious attitude in our product.
> Naming something "gulp" is not going to help.
> >>
> >> And "gulp" hasn't been in use outside development.
> >>
> >
> > I'm all for name suggestions. We've stuck with 'gulp' mostly because we
> > didn't have any other alternatives (and it is kinda clever).
> >
> > A list of things we've kicked around or have been suggested here:
> >
> > * sipng
> > * sip2
> <history>chan_sip2 and chan_sip3 were failed projects that I operated
> years ago. Chan_sip2 was mostly integrated,
> but not all. Chan_sip3 was never fully funded to complete, but the web
> site is still up (codename-pineapple) and there's a lot
> of code in there. </history>
>
> /O ;-)
>
> > * sipnew
> > * pjsip
> > * sippy (or sipy)
> > * sipast
> > * astsip
> > * gulp
> >
> > I'm fine with whatever we call this. How about a vote being taken on the
> > channel driver name and we go with whatever the majority of people
> > decide is best?
> >
> > (As an aside: patches welcome on assisting with the name change
> > refactoring effort :-))
> >
> > --
> > Matthew Jordan
> > Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager
> > 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA
> > Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org
> >
> >
>

Following the IAX naming convention, SIP2 would be logical, even if it was
already used.  I certainly never heard of it, but I did keep tabs on code
Pineapple.

Thanks,
Steve T
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