On Oct 22, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Matthew Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Paul Albrecht <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Oct 22, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Joshua Colp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Paul Albrecht wrote: > >> Really? Shouldn’t something this major affecting the entire Asterisk > >> community get discussed on the lists? Any idea what Leif is talking > >> about when he says the community is in transition, moving from dial > >> plan model to external control. > > > > It was something Ben Klang brought up and wanted to talk about - it's > > not something that has been decided 'nor does anyone know what the > > future entails. Any further discussions will naturally occur on the > > mailing list and in fact some things have explicit action items to bring > > them up on here. > > > > The suggestion that Asterisk should consider deprecating AMI/AGI is “crazy > talk.” It doesn’t merit discussion and shouldn’t be on the agenda in the > first place. It’s completely impractical and can never happen. Moreover, Leif > seems to think we (the asterisk community) are in transition. What does that > mean? Are we abandoning the dial plan? Seriously? That’s never gonna happen > either. ARI isn’t easier to use than dial plan scripting. I guess one could > hope that "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas”, but I don’t think the > Asterisk community has that kind of luck. > > > Just because someone decided to bring up a radical idea does not mean we > refuse to discuss it. > So you agree that deprecating AMI/AGI is “crazy talk” but you’ll discuss it because of your open-mindedness? > This is an open source project. Communication is done in an open, transparent > manner. People should feel like they can bring up interesting, radical, and > yes - even crazy - ideas. > By the same token, when you propose ideas, you must be prepared for honest criticism and accept it in graciously rather than simply resorting to argument ad hominem. > If you don't like that, you don't have to participate in the discussion. > You haven’t really responded to the substance of my post, that is, is asterisk abandoning the dial plan? > -- > Matthew Jordan > Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager > 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA > Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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