[asterisk-users] Sample config files installed to /etc

[Daniel Pocock]

The sample config files in the Asterisk distribution and packages are
really good for getting the demo up and running quickly, for example, to
extend the demo to run behind a WebRTC proxy only required about 6 lines
of extra code to define a peer in sip.conf and enable TCP

However, I'm not sure that they should be installed by default by packages.

Most package managers provide a way to diff the files and merge new
config options that appear in a new release

However, because a lot of things have to be ripped out of the default
config to harden it and disable the demo, a simple diff doesn't really
help somebody upgrading to a new version, because usually they've
altered the files quite dramatically

I'd suggest that the config for the demo could be placed under
/usr/share/asterisk/samples while the configs installed to /etc/asterisk
should be fairly minimal

My own workaround at the moment involves tracking the released configs
in a git repository and tracking my changes on a branch.  However,
working with the package manager diff output would help a lot more
people and make it much more like other packages they are familiar with.