Actually, pap and pi are in a way part of Kannel. Tesst_ppg is PI. So
problem here is lack of documentation of *test_ppg*.
Aarno
On 22.5.2005, at 23.27, Alberto Devesa wrote:
Thomsen,
As I see, you are complaining about something that has nothing to
be with
Kannel documentation. What you need is an open protocol
specification (PAP)
whose scope is totally outside from Kannel.
Take a look at the following URL, specially de Push Access Protocol
and
Service Indication specs:
http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/affiliates/wap/wapindex.html
BTW, I would understand if the Kannel developers feel offended with
your
words. Remember that you get what you pay for and if you don't like
just stop
using it.
Alberto
On Sunday 22 May 2005 18:51, J�rgen Thomsen wrote:
Linkas,
I do agree. Kannel documentation has not been made for unexperienced
people and it needs some backgrounds.
Unexperienced ?? Any system needs an interface description
otherwise it is
totally useless.
This forum has a lot of people, whose names I find in the relevant
code
dated years back, but even if these names also appear in the
documentation,
their actual accomplishments there leave something to be desired
in this
case. Quoting the first sentence in the user guide "This document
describes
how to install and use Kannel,..."
I can only say, that most programmers (myself included) find it
much more
fun coding new fancy features, but what use are these fancy
features if the
programmer is the only one knowing about this ?
How about changing the Kannel project, so no new features are
added unless
there is also a user guide update accompanying the feature ?
Isn't there a wish for the participants to have their work used by
many
people ? That can only be accomplished when a product is easy to use.
What I can suggest, after having studied on some sites, is to go
to the
gateway folder and look for the examples in PHP about SI (Service
Indication) and then you will get it more.
Bad suggestion. There is no PHP-code describing that. If you
search for the
term "Service Indication" you will find only 4 lines in the source
files.
I managed to deduce one interface as a HTTP POST with a MIME
multipart/related part including two parts as the pap and si
documents from
the test_ppg code, but that is probably only a partial truth. This
was
after wasting several hours, which could have been avoided by a
few lines
in the documentation.
Thank you, Kannel WAP programmers!
I don't volunteer to update the documentation with this because, I
don't
know how complete and accurate my newly acquired knowledge is.
Furthermore
I find it more appropriate, that the persons actually having
designed the
interface finish their work.
- J�rgen
