> It was _never_ documented that you could skip a numeric parameter for > the substring functionality and expect it to work properly. If it did, > you got lucky. When it stopped, you got unlucky.
Apart from the source code and its comments whats the official "documentation of Astreisk. I know theres the asteriskdocs project, a great site to learn from, and I am good friends with its founders. Then there's the Wiki that's absolutely the best resource on Asterisk. But both of these sites amalgamate to people who spent lots of their time and creativity learning and documenting Asterisk from trial and error and other peoples experiences, at least for the most part. Guides and maps definitely they are. But, I really hope that none of these are Digiums official documentation of Asterisk's dial plan. The example dial plans are nice but everyone that uses asterisk knows that 90% of its appeal is that its a toolbox that lets you do things with it using some creativity. So since people do create really neat apps. with commands in a novel way not documented in the examples, it makes sense to keep their interface similar or at least announce if it has changed. Don't get me wrong I don't think anyone who releases open source software is obligated to give official binding documentation on how to use it. Just the act of releasing it open source is generous and a huge boon in itself and Digium certainly doesn't owe anyone anything for their generous contribution. But, when you imply "that's your problem because it wasn't documented", I would really like to know where this official documentation is apart from reading the source code. Most successful Asterisk based operations are novel and creative hacks, not structured formulas that follow any official documentation. Shidan Gouran _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
