[asterisk-dev] asterisknow-version

[Matthew Jordan]

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Jonathan White <uvacity at googlemail.com>
wrote:

>   I’m not sure this is the correct channel to use but can I suggest the
> asterisknow-version rpm is not a dependency for asterisk13 and above?
>
> I understand the reason why this was done initially but it courses more
> problems that it solves
>
> First asterisknow-version overwrites the issues file which we use for
> displaying system information
> Second if you de install or mark asterisknow-version not to be installed
> in kickstart, you can not update your asterisk installation due to
> asterisknow-version being a dependency
>
> Is there a way to stop asterisknow-version from overwriting the issues
> file?
>
> Lastly I think there is a difference with the way repository data is
> compiled for asterisk 12 and above. I use revisor to help generate
> installation media. Revisor happily collects the repo data and downloads
> the required RPM’s when I use the Asterisk 11 repos but Asterisk 12 and
> above I have download the packages locally, compile my own repo data and
> use a local repository rather than the official site. Is there a difference
> in the way the repo data is generated in asterisks 12 and above?
>
>

If you'd like to see changes in the packages provided on
packages.asterisk.org, the correct thing to do is to file an issue on the
issue tracker in the ANOW project:

https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ANOW

To be frank, however, there are larger concerns with the current structure
of the packages that supersede the concerns you raise - namely, the lack of
being able to provide packages for distros outside of CentOS. I doubt that
there will be many improvements made to the packages at this time, as their
current structure does provide something for a fair number of users in the
community.

If that doesn't work for you, I'd suggest making your own packages.

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Matthew Jordan
Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager
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