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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=462503007-18112009>Discussion at Leif
Madsen's request:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=462503007-18112009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=462503007-18112009>Using
the following bug as an example which was closed as was seen as a Feature
request, with no patch attached.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16248">https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=16248</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Reading the bug
guidlines, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2
face=Arial>I believe the issue reported meets the bug-guidelines of
'unexpected or detrimental results in the Asterisk system'.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The issue is not
detrimental to asterisk, but it's not the expected behaviour of a globally
deployed PBX solution.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The existing already
supported feature is CallerId.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009></SPAN><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>The signalling specific's seem to be where the problem
lies.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If it was a request for something that Asterisk
currently didn't do, then I'd agree it's a feature request.</FONT></DIV></SPAN>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But a request to
get an existing feature to work in your area, due to signalling
specfics, that's documented in an ETSI specification, is that really a feature
request?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009></SPAN><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The
question:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Should mantis
bugtracker be the forum for requests for specific implementations of existing
features?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My
view:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bugtracker does a
good job of keeping the issue, thoughts, progress and resources together in
one thread. Non bug-marshals, reporters and contributors, now and in the
future can pick up the issue request and hack away at
it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Submitting an
issue to an email forum, the request is there in front of recipients once,
then it's gone.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Alec
Davis</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV><SPAN class=462503007-18112009><FONT size=2 face=Arial>PS. I also see this
specific issue as related to my posting <A
title=https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=14602
href="https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=14602">https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=14602</A>,
which when I get it done, may allow for a test bed for
16248.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>