[asterisk-dev] Compiling app_cbmysql for asterisk 1.6.2

[David Backeberg]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Dan Austin<Dan_Austin at phoenix.com> wrote:
> Alex wrote:
>
>> I have been recently tasked with compiling cbmysql (an application to
>> track conference rooms via MySQL) for asterisk 1.6.2. Since this
>> particular module is long since unmaintained, I have to do the job of
>> converting it myself. Originally this module builds for 1.4.x only, so I
>> have been converting the code (a single .c file) to compile for 1.6.2.
>> However, I think I could be forgetting some important issue with this
>> migration task. Is there some official documentation on how to migrate
>> asterisk module code for 1.4.x to 1.6.x ? Right now I have reached the
>> stage in which it compiles without errors, but I want to prevent nasty
>> surprises when testing it.
>
> The bulk of the logic/code in the module is MySQL related, with very
> minimal Asterisk API calls.  The primary reason I have not updated the
> app to compile for 1.6 is that the scheduling features (and a few
> enhancements) have been merged into app_meetme.
>
> Is there a problem with using the scheduling features in app_meetme?
> What is driving the desire to continue to use app_cbmysql?

Also, there was a recent thread by Steve Edwards on asterisk-users
where he tracked MeetMe from external database using 1.2. (thread
starts on May 7), or you could ask him for the solution he came up
with.