[asterisk-biz] SER/Asterisk interworking mailing list.

[Gondar Monn]

Great initiative !!!!

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> As a developer and consultant who spends considerable time on projects
> involving the fusion of Asterisk and products derived from the SER
> ecosystem (OpenSER, Kamailio, OpenSIPS, the new SIP-Router), I have
> found that there is a great volume of interest in this topic on the
> mailing lists associated with all communities involved, but a
> comparative lack of focus that results in duplicated effort and lack of
> specialised response.
>
> This is mainly due, I think, to the fact that detailed Asterisk
> experience - while common - is not a prerequisite for working with the
> SER products, while for Asterisk people SER can often be a next step in
> scalability and VoIP service delivery platform enhancement that they are
> just getting into.  And so on.  There's pollution in the respective
> discursive spaces;  a lot of Asterisk people posting to the SER lists
> ask a lot of Asterisk-specific questions in addition to any they may
> have about SER which can be construed as potentially off-topic by some
> members, and the opposite is true on the Asterisk lists when detailed,
> involved discussion about SER occurs.
>
> We need to capture that discussion that exists at the overlap and is
> specifically concerned with making these two systems work together,
> requiring somewhat detailed and esoteric understanding of both and a
> community of user support and knowledge that focuses on both of these
> conceptual and product universes.
>
> Toward that end, I am hosting a new mailing list with this succinct
> purpose, if slightly unwieldy name, and encourage all interested to
> join.  It is called 'SER-Asterisk-Interwork' and can be accessed for
> subscription here:
>
> http://lists.evaristesys.com/mailman/listinfo/ser-asterisk-interwork
>
> The archives are available here:
>
> http://lists.evaristesys.com/pipermail/ser-asterisk-interwork/
>
> You can post to the list at:
>
> ser-asterisk-interwork at lists.evaristesys.com
>
> It's the same GNU Mailman stuff you are already used to.
>
> While it could be argued that this cross-product discussion is valuable
> to retain in both communities, I think there is considerable benefit to
> creating a specialised mailing list that focuses specifically on this
> integration path and the unique interoperation and configuration issues
> it creates.  I think it would be good to get some of this discussion off
> of the SER and Asterisk-specific mailing lists where it has somewhat
> marginal relevance at times and refocus it.  If you agree and are
> interested in this topic, you are invited to join the list.
>
> One last note:  The SER/OpenSER community has been in a state of flux
> recently, with OpenSER undergoing a name change to Kamailio and
> subsequently seeing a fork.  The incumbent Kamailio project is now
> in the process of merging with the original SER project.  The choice of
> nomenclature for list is not meant to imply an endorsement of or
> affinity for the IPTel SER project per se.  It is just that right now it
> serves the aim of terseness to use a common denominator, to refer to
> this family of projects as the "SER ecosystem."  Whether you are a SER,
> OpenSER, Kamailio, or OpenSIPS user, you are part of that "SER
> ecosystem."  That is why the list is named what it is.
>
> Thank you,
>
> -- Alex
>
> --
> Alex Balashov
> Evariste Systems
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