[asterisk-users] Who is the "creative" mind behind changing Asterisk commands at CLI?

[Bruce B]

Thank you for a constructive reply. I am not a war monger and I appreciate a
proper response.

I will explore my options to that. My opinion may still be that such long
commands are unnecessary but at least it seems there is a way to go around
them for now and I am happy to hear that.



On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Paul Belanger <pabelanger at digium.com>wrote:

> On 11-09-25 08:57 PM, Bruce B wrote:
>
>> First of all, what the heck is this link you referenced:
>>
>>  http://lists.digium.com/****pipermail/asterisk-users/2010-**
>> **April/247084.html<http://lists.digium.com/**pipermail/asterisk-users/2010-**April/247084.html>
>> <http://**lists.digium.com/pipermail/**asterisk-users/2010-April/**
>> 247084.html<http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2010-April/247084.html>
>> >
>>
>>
>> ??????
>>
>> Secondly, an Asterisk 1.6.2.18 that I am running right now plays nicely
>> with
>> "help" command. The 1.8 does do that. So, 1.6.2.18 has not been around for
>> 3
>> years. Again, stop misleading and changing the subject. When you state 3
>> years ago that is absolutely false. In doesn't apply to any of the
>> Asterisk
>> versions till 1.8xx
>>
>>  You seem to be missing the point or not reading my replies. The reason
> '*CLI> help' still works on asterisk 1.6.2, is because of the changes made 3
> years ago add res_clialiases.so.  Without it, the command would actually not
> work.
>
> Here is a simple test you can do on your 1.6.2 / 1.8 asterisk box:
>
> *CLI> module unload res_clialiases.so
> Unloaded res_clialiases.so
> *CLI> help
> No such command 'help' (type 'core show help help' for other possible
> commands)
>
> As you can see, without res_clialiases.so the command does not work. So, if
> you are saying the '*CLI> help' command does not work, then check your
> asterisk configuration first.
>
>
>  My post was very clear. Yes, it was sarcastic due to frustration but it
>> was
>> very clear and I wanted to say that there is no need to do "core show help
>> sip" when you can simply do "help sip".
>>
>> I still don't think your reply was called for. These trolls like I said
>> help
>> you live through with your attitude. If you were my employee and talked
>> like
>> this to anyone I would fire you right away.
>>
>> I am asking you nicely to please stop making this about yourself or
>> Digium.
>> Like I said, I like Asterisk. I love it. It works very good. Please listen
>> to the community feedback without getting so defensive. No one gains
>> anything from changes like this. I am sure Digium can afford one afternoon
>> meeting to decide what the commands naming convention should be for the
>> next
>> 20 years.
>>
>>  I don't even know how to reply to this, so I won't.  Thanks for all the
> fish.
>
>
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