[asterisk-users] Getting presence working in 1.6.2

[Ira]

At 09:20 PM 5/9/2010, you wrote:
>I find this very frustrating as well with Asterisk. I understand that names
>change for the better but I think there should be a discussion on it so all
>the users can come up with something that makes it easier for the most of
>us.

Sorry to strongly disagree. The decision needs to be made by one 
person or a small group who see what Asterisk is and where it's 
going. Just because they got it wrong the first time and you've 
learned it does not make it right.  And in my experience projects 
directed by the users without the oversight of a very small group 
with the projects best interest and a clear vision of the future 
become lost and unusable. I think the best projects come when the 
leaders are smart enough to say, "We've heard what you want, here's 
what you need."  Why no one stood up and said "What are you thinking" 
when the word "core" was added to the syntax escapes me as it seems 
to have been a giant step backwards. Adding the alias file seems like 
it makes the problem even worse, while I can now comfortably work on 
my Asterisk box, I will be completely lost on anyone else's 
box.  Defining a language is a non-trivial problem and getting it 
wrong is ever so much easier than getting it right

Ira