[Asterisk-Users] Broadvoice asterisk patch

[Tom Lahti]

>Here are some others:
>a) Log a bug on bugs.digium.com with/without the patch, if they
>submitted a patch, also submit a disclaimer, wait for it to be added to
>CVS, then ask people to either upgrade, or apply the patch found in bug
>#xxxx

That doesn't work.  They needed to alleviate their network NOW, not leave 
their salvation in the hands of programmer X who might be too busy to 
update the CVS and make the upgrade available for days or weeks...

>b) Post the message + patch on their website, send a request for
>asterisk users to apply the patch along with some other official notice
>(ie, invoice/etc)

That one might work, but they have to get their webmaster involved, maybe 
do some custom programming, and do tech support for downloading from their 
site to support an unsupported product.  It's not the same as saying "here 
it is, patch up and run it now".  They're saying in effect "if you're smart 
enough to run an open source PBX like asterisk, you ought to be able to 
handle a patch".

>I'm sure there are other possibilities, but I'm sure you understand by
>now!

Yes, I understand perfectly.  Alas, I might be the only one.

>As such, they should have solved their OWN problem in a responsible way.

Responsible to WHOM?  The most important responsbility any business has is 
to its own survival.

>Did they contribute to the codebase, or did they just write/release a
>patch without contributing to the asterisk codebase? ie, have they
>submitted the patch to the bug tracker *AND* signed the disclaimer.

Who cares?  It's obviously a problem with asterisk, the maintainers should 
be glad to take the patch, look it over, and submit it themselves.


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Tom