[Asterisk-Users] So many Asterisk Patches - Which do I choose and use?

[Brian S. Adelson]

To get CVS-STABLE:


export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs at cvs.digium.com:/usr/cvsroot
cvs login
cvs checkout -r v1-0 zaptel libpri asterisk 

> type these 3 command inorder to get CVS HEAD.
> export CVSROOT=:pserver:anoncvs at cvs.digium.com:/usr/cvsroot
> cvs login
> cvs checkout zaptel libpri asterisk 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:20:06 +0000, John Middleton
> <johnmiddleton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > When you say CVS HEAD is the the same as stable? where do you get it
> > from and what params do you use?
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:03:34 +0000, Niksa Baldun <niksa.baldun at lumiss.hr> wrote:
> > > There is no easy answer to your question. If you ask me, I prefer not to use
> > > any patches, except that I am forced to use bristuff because I have quadBRI
> > > ISDN cards. Bristuff patches Zaptel in order to enable using quadBRI and
> > > octoBRI cards, and also  adds some features to *. More info on
> > > www.junghanns.net.
> > >
> > > Like you said, really valuable patches will make it to the CVS sooner or
> > > later, so I prefer to wait because it makes installation and maintenance
> > > easier.
> > >
> > > I use Gentoo with 2.6 kernel. I am not sure whether you will get any
> > > benefits from upgrading, but I didn't have any problems with it (except that
> > > I had to migrate from devfs to udev, but that issue exists with 2.4 kernel
> > > too).
> > >
> > >
> > > Paul Rodan wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Ok,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I usually use the latest stable CVS, with no patches or modifications. If
> > > figured if there was a worthwhile patch, Mark would have already included
> > > it. However, there was that neat patch about being able to press a certain
> > > key and it'd begin recording in mid-stream, that was an awesome feature and
> > > I patched my latest features.c file with that patch. But I keep seeing
> > > mentions of other patches, specifically something about the MOH patch, the
> > > BRISTUFFED patch, and now I'm hearing about a "Super Parking Lot" patch? For
> > > now I've been using the mpg123 method, it tends to work for me, but if I can
> > > save CPU/RAM and other troubles by using another format, which one do I go
> > > with? What is BRISTUFFED? And if I'm right, the super parking lot patch
> > > allows for call parking based on context, a way to break it apart, instead
> > > of making it universal across the whole system (where can I find this
> > > patch)?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So I'm going to ask the question, if I were to install the latest CVS Stable
> > > tonight, which patches should I install on it before compiling? Also, I'm
> > > using Gentoo Linux, with the 2.4.26-r9 gentoo kernel. I've seen issues with
> > > people making Asterisk work perfectly with the 2.6 kernel so I've stayed
> > > clear of it, but I still see people fighting to make it work and such, I saw
> > > one post a while back about the benefits using Asterisk w/ the 2.6 kernel,
> > > can somebody please refresh my memory? What are the benefits of using
> > > Asterisk with the 2.6 kernel? I'm trying to get the most out of my system.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Any help in making tonights compile/upgrade go perfect would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Paul________________________________
> > >
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