[asterisk-dev] SIP: So you mean you want to be able to *dial* something?

[Joshua Colp]

I'm back!

First off I want to thank everyone for their comments and the discussion 
that occurred.

I think in the end I'm going to settle for a compromise based on all the 
various thoughts and opinions.

Dialing an endpoint or AOR directly will only cause one target to be 
dialed. If you want to support multiple contacts for an AOR (whether to 
allow this or not is configurable) you will need to use the dialplan 
function to produce a suitable dial string. The issues pointed out by 
others (call forwarding for one) are just too great to push this logic 
into the SIP work. I consider this a first step into this new area that 
will make quite a few people happy with no immediate impact to the core.

For deployments that need to individually address devices the normal 
approach of individual endpoint configurations for each is still a 
viable and supported option. The above work does not impact this at all.

Cheers,

-- 
Joshua Colp
Digium, Inc. | Senior Software Developer
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