Great initiative !!!! On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Alex Balashov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Greetings, > > As a developer and consultant who spends considerable time on projects > involving the fusion of Asterisk and products derived from the SER > ecosystem (OpenSER, Kamailio, OpenSIPS, the new SIP-Router), I have > found that there is a great volume of interest in this topic on the > mailing lists associated with all communities involved, but a > comparative lack of focus that results in duplicated effort and lack of > specialised response. > > This is mainly due, I think, to the fact that detailed Asterisk > experience - while common - is not a prerequisite for working with the > SER products, while for Asterisk people SER can often be a next step in > scalability and VoIP service delivery platform enhancement that they are > just getting into. And so on. There's pollution in the respective > discursive spaces; a lot of Asterisk people posting to the SER lists > ask a lot of Asterisk-specific questions in addition to any they may > have about SER which can be construed as potentially off-topic by some > members, and the opposite is true on the Asterisk lists when detailed, > involved discussion about SER occurs. > > We need to capture that discussion that exists at the overlap and is > specifically concerned with making these two systems work together, > requiring somewhat detailed and esoteric understanding of both and a > community of user support and knowledge that focuses on both of these > conceptual and product universes. > > Toward that end, I am hosting a new mailing list with this succinct > purpose, if slightly unwieldy name, and encourage all interested to > join. It is called 'SER-Asterisk-Interwork' and can be accessed for > subscription here: > > http://lists.evaristesys.com/mailman/listinfo/ser-asterisk-interwork > > The archives are available here: > > http://lists.evaristesys.com/pipermail/ser-asterisk-interwork/ > > You can post to the list at: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's the same GNU Mailman stuff you are already used to. > > While it could be argued that this cross-product discussion is valuable > to retain in both communities, I think there is considerable benefit to > creating a specialised mailing list that focuses specifically on this > integration path and the unique interoperation and configuration issues > it creates. I think it would be good to get some of this discussion off > of the SER and Asterisk-specific mailing lists where it has somewhat > marginal relevance at times and refocus it. If you agree and are > interested in this topic, you are invited to join the list. > > One last note: The SER/OpenSER community has been in a state of flux > recently, with OpenSER undergoing a name change to Kamailio and > subsequently seeing a fork. The incumbent Kamailio project is now > in the process of merging with the original SER project. The choice of > nomenclature for list is not meant to imply an endorsement of or > affinity for the IPTel SER project per se. It is just that right now it > serves the aim of terseness to use a common denominator, to refer to > this family of projects as the "SER ecosystem." Whether you are a SER, > OpenSER, Kamailio, or OpenSIPS user, you are part of that "SER > ecosystem." That is why the list is named what it is. > > Thank you, > > -- Alex > > -- > Alex Balashov > Evariste Systems > Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ > Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 > Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 > Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599 > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz >
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