[asterisk-users] Realtime status feature - user feedback needed

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Wednesday 07 May 2008 16:11:05 Atis Lezdins wrote:
> However I encountered a resistance from Asterisk developers, as they
> don't wish to accept my patches - because they don't wish to support
> another interface. As I read in Bug Guidelines, if enough users
> request this, it should make into asterisk, so I'm asking You to
> express Your opinion on those features.

That's not quite correct, either.  First of all, the correct forum for this is
the -dev list, where we discuss development issues.  Second, we gave you
an alternative way to do this.  You could do this with AMI, with the addition
of a single query to access current state, then monitor status continuously
for updates.  And third, it doesn't make a difference how many users request
a particular interface -- the development team has to maintain it afterwards,
and if you're proposing a new interface, you need to convince the development
team that it's worth the extra hassle -- not the users.

So we're not opposed to the concept; we are opposed to the particular
interface that you chose to use.  Modify it, and it will make its way back
into Asterisk.  Stubbornly stamping your foot and insisting that you have
the right way, and the status quo will remain.

> *** Supporting this feature
> If You find that those features would be good for merging into
> Asterisk, please write a comment in bugtracker:
> http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=12556

Please don't.  We've already discussed this to enough detail, and if you
choose to modify your code, it will show up in the next major release of
Asterisk.

-- 
Tilghman