[asterisk-users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Last week we had the annual AstriDevCon - the Asterisk Developer's Conference. At that meeting, core developers and project members meet to discuss current and future issues, new designs and - equally important - get a chance to know each other behind the acronyms in the bug tracker and on the IRC. We had a great week where we got a lot of important things done, as you can see on the number of changes that was done to Asterisk during that week. One decision that we took was to stop maintaining 1.2 as a current release from August 1st 2007. At that date, we will move 1.2 of Asterisk, Asterisk-addons, libpri and zaptel to security maintenance status. 1.4 will at that point be the recommended release. Between now and August 1st we will focus on fixing open issues in 1.4 to make sure it's production quality code. Please help us with that by answering questions quickly in the bug tracker, testing and reporting issues. Together, we'll make sure that 1.4 becomes a great product. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel, the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej ** Asterisk European Events This week, I'll talk on the Open Source VoIP event in Utrecht, Netherlands http://www.mediaplaza.nl/mp.php/overheid/agenda/agenda.php?id=230 June 12th we have a Asterisk BOF at the VON Europe show in Stockholm http://www.von.com/2007/springEurope_stockholm/html/ confSchedule_gvsb1178630538.html#gvsb1178630538 ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have three current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the release versions (1.2/1.4). The release versions are distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current released version of Asterisk is 1.2.18 for the 1.2 version and 1.4.4 for the 1.4 version. The release version is fixed, we are adding no new functions and only changes it when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.5 and will be the basis for the next release version, version 1.6. There are also a lot of development branches in our subversion repository, hosting new functionality developed for testing by you, the Asterisk community. For more information about these, please visit http://www.voip-forum.com/index.php?p=189more=1 ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org You can download their new book from the web site or buy it from the bookstore. * Asterisk Daily news is at http://www.sineapps.com/news.php Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. I have just returned from one week in Tokyo, testing the Asterisk SIP channel with a large number of other SIP stacks. Since last SIPit, the SIP stack has improved quite a lot. It looks really promising for the 1.4 release of Asterisk this summer. Things are progressing well. At the next SIPit in New Hampshire this fall, I hope to have the first version of chan_sip3 for testing. Asterisk is a world wide project with many members. In Tokyo, I met Japanese Asterisk users and learned quite a lot on how they use Asterisk. An Open Source project is not only about software, it's also about the people involved. You are all very important, your feedback and support are our keys to success. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel, the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej ** Asterisk European Tour - MeetAsterisk.com! This week and next week there's a European tour with Asterisk seminars for beginners, named MeetAsterisk. The event is organized by Edvina.net in cooperation with Digium, Xorcom and local Asterisk distributors and consultants. Register now to make sure you have a seat! - http://www.meetasterisk.com ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the release version. The release version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current released version of Asterisk is 1.2.7.1. The release version is fixed, we are adding no new functions and only changes it when bugs are fixed. Current versions: - Asterisk Version 1.2.7.1 - Zaptel Version 1.2.5 - Libpri Version 1.2.2 - Addons Version 1.2.2 - Sounds Version 1.2.1 The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.3 and will be the basis for the next release version, version 1.4. There are also a lot of development branches in our subversion repository, hosting new functionality developed for testing by you, the Asterisk community. For more information about these, please visit http://www.voip-forum.com/index.php?p=189more=1 ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org You can download their new book from the web site or buy it from the bookstore. * Asterisk Daily news is at http://www.sineapps.com/news.php * VoIP-search (Asterisk mailing list etc) http://search.voip-forum.com Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on
RE: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Hi all, Where can we find a roadmap of asterisk 1.4 release ? Harry --- Olle E Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. I have just returned from one week in Tokyo, testing the Asterisk SIP channel with a large number of other SIP stacks. Since last SIPit, the SIP stack has improved quite a lot. It looks really promising for the 1.4 release of Asterisk this summer. Things are progressing well. At the next SIPit in New Hampshire this fall, I hope to have the first version of chan_sip3 for testing. Asterisk is a world wide project with many members. In Tokyo, I met Japanese Asterisk users and learned quite a lot on how they use Asterisk. An Open Source project is not only about software, it's also about the people involved. You are all very important, your feedback and support are our keys to success. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel, the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej ** Asterisk European Tour - MeetAsterisk.com! This week and next week there's a European tour with Asterisk seminars for beginners, named MeetAsterisk. The event is organized by Edvina.net in cooperation with Digium, Xorcom and local Asterisk distributors and consultants. Register now to make sure you have a seat! - http://www.meetasterisk.com ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the release version. The release version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current released version of Asterisk is 1.2.7.1. The release version is fixed, we are adding no new functions and only changes it when bugs are fixed. Current versions: - Asterisk Version 1.2.7.1 - Zaptel Version 1.2.5 - Libpri Version 1.2.2 - Addons Version 1.2.2 - Sounds Version 1.2.1 The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.3 and will be the basis for the next release version, version 1.4. There are also a lot of development branches in our subversion repository, hosting new functionality developed for testing by you, the Asterisk community. For more information about these, please visit http://www.voip-forum.com/index.php?p=189more=1 ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org You can download their new book from the web site or buy it from the bookstore. * Asterisk Daily news is at http://www.sineapps.com/news.php * VoIP-search (Asterisk mailing list etc) http://search.voip-forum.com Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. **
Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where can we find a roadmap of asterisk 1.4 release ? Harry... please use proper mailing list etiquette when posting to these lists. It is very tiresome to see you quote an entire long message, without changing the subject, and insert a one-line unrelated comment at the top of your reply. To answer your question: there is no roadmap for 1.4. We just began the 'scheduled release' cycle with this release, and we are still trying to feel our way into the process and learn how much work we can accomplish in a release cycle. Once 1.4 is done, I expect we will be putting together a roadmap for 1.6, although given that the project gets a great deal of its code from volunteer contributions, putting something on a roadmap is in no way any guarantee that it will be part of that release. ___ --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
Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Ok, Im not a developper but what do you think of both a wish list . Harry To answer your question: there is no roadmap for 1.4. We just began the 'scheduled release' cycle with this release, and we are still trying to feel our way into the process and learn how much work we can accomplish in a release cycle. Once 1.4 is done, I expect we will be putting together a roadmap for 1.6, although given that the project gets a great deal of its code from volunteer contributions, putting something on a roadmap is in no way any guarantee that it will be part of that release. ___ Faites de Yahoo! votre page d'accueil sur le web pour retrouver directement vos services préférés : vérifiez vos nouveaux mails, lancez vos recherches et suivez l'actualité en temps réel. Rendez-vous sur http://fr.yahoo.com/set ___ --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
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel, the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the release version. The release version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current released version of Asterisk is 1.2.4. The release version is fixed, we are adding no new functions and only changes it when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.3 and will be the basis for the next release version, version 1.4. There are also a lot of development branches in our subversion repository, hosting new functionality developed for testing by you, the asterisk community. For more information about these, please visit http://www.voip-forum.com/index.php?p=189more=1 ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org You can download their new book from the web site or buy it from the bookstore. * Asterisk Daily news is at http://www.sineapps.com/news.php * VoIP-search (Asterisk mailing list etc) http://search.voip-forum.com Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on the irc channel. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services (asterisk-biz). You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. If you are unsure which list to use, send only to the -users list. Make sure that you remove unnecessary text when you reply, to make it easy to browse the mailing list quickly. And please do not send HTML mail to a mailing list. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. These are exciting times for Asterisk, with a release candidate for 1.2 out and a release hopefully coming soon. Check the new features on http://www.astricon.net/asterisk1-2/ Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel, the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej PS. There's also a new mailing list on lists.digium.com called asterisk-i18n for discussion on Asterisk internationalization. As soon as 1.2 is out of the door, let's meet there and discuss what we can do to improve how Asterisk works in different languages and character sets. Subscribe today if you want to participate! ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the release version. The release version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current released version of Asterisk is 1.0.9. The release version is fixed, we are adding no new functions and only changes it when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.1 and will be the basis for the next release version, version 1.2. This version is to be released any day now, and development will continue on the 1.3 version. ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org You can download their new book from the web site or buy it from the bookstore. * Asterisk Daily news is at http://www.sineapps.com/news.php * VoIP-search (Asterisk mailing list etc) http://search.voip-forum.com Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on the irc channel. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services (asterisk-biz). You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. If you are unsure which list to use, send only to the -users list. Make sure that you remove unnecessary text when you reply, to make it easy to browse the mailing list quickly. And please do not send HTML mail to a mailing list. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. The next community meeting is Astricon in Anaheim, California October 12-14, 2005. We are working with the conference agenda - a call for speakers is out - and we already have a long list of Asterisk speakers, including Mark Spencer - the creator of Asterisk and Allison Smith - the voice of Asterisk! * See http://www.astricon.net/2005/ Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel :-), the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the release version. The release version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current released version of Asterisk is 1.0.9. The release version is fixed, we are adding no new functions and only changes it when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.1 and will be the basis for the next release version, version 1.2. We will hopefully soon reach a code freeze and start testing the stability of version 1.1, so we will need your help. ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. * Asterisk Daily news is at http://www.sineapps.com/news.php * VoIP-search (Asterisk mailing list etc) http://search.voip-forum.com Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on the irc channel. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services (asterisk-biz). You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. If you are unsure which list to use, send only to the -users list. Make sure that you remove unnecessary text when you reply, to make it easy to browse the mailing list quickly. And please do not send HTML mail to a mailing list. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. The next community meeting is Astricon Europe in Madrid June 15-17. The conference agenda is now published and we have a lot of Asterisk speakers, including Mark Spencer - the creator of Asterisk! * See http://www.astricon.net/europe Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel :-), the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the release version. The release version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current released version of Asterisk is 1.0.7. The release version is fixed, we are adding no new functions and only changes it when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.1 and will be the basis for the next release version, version 1.2. We will hopefully soon reach a code freeze and start testing the stability of version 1.1, so we will need your help. ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. * Asterisk Daily news is at http://www.sineapps.com/news.php * VoIP-search (Asterisk mailing list etc) http://search.voip-forum.com Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on the irc channel. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services (asterisk-biz). You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. If you are unsure which list to use, send only to the -users list. Make sure that you remove unnecessary text when you reply, to make it easy to browse the mailing list quickly. And please do not send HTML mail to a mailing list. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Astricon Europe registration is new open! http://www.astricon.net Meet you on the IRC channel :-), the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the stable version. The stable version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current stable version of Asterisk is 1.0.7. The stable version contains no new functions and only changes when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.1 and will be the basis for the next stable version, version 1.2. We will hopefully soon reach a code freeze and start testing the stability of version 1.1, so we will need your help. ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. * Asterisk Daily news is at http://www.sineapps.com/news.php * VoIP-search (Asterisk mailing list etc) http://search.voip-forum.com Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on the irc channel. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services (asterisk-biz). You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. If you are unsure which list to use, send only to the -users list. Make sure that you remove unnecessary text when you reply, to make it easy to browse the mailing list quickly. And please do not send HTML mail to a mailing list. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! If you want to get up to speed quickly and plan to visit the Voice on the Net conference in San Jose or live in California, don't miss the Asterisk pavillion where you will meet Digium and Digium partners. Also, on Friday the 11th there will be a one-day Asterisk tutorial called Meet Asterisk - http://www.astricon.net Meet you on the IRC channel :-), the bug tracker or on the mailing list! /oej ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the stable version. The stable version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current stable version of Asterisk is 1.0.5. The stable version contains no new functions and only changes when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. The development version is branded 1.1 and will be the basis for the next stable version, version 1.2. We will hopefully soon reach a code freeze and start testing the stability of version 1.1, so we will need your help. ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. And please do not send out test messages to the list. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on the irc channel. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services (asterisk-biz). You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. If you are unsure which list to use, send only to the -users list. Make sure that you remove unnecessary text when you reply, to make it easy to browse the mailing list quickly. And please do not send HTML mail to a mailing list. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel :-) /oej ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the stable version. The stable version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current stable version of Asterisk is 1.0.5. The stable version contains no new functions and only changes when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on the irc channel. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services (asterisk-biz). You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. If you are unsure which list to use, send only to the -users list. Make sure that you remove unnecessary text when you reply, to make it easy to browse the mailing list quickly. And please do not send HTML mail to a mailing list. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate reports slow things down for everyone, so please spend a few minutes searching first. The bug tracker is also a place where you add your contribution to Asterisk. If you have coded extra functionality, make sure you give it back to the project so it can be added to the code base. This is how Asterisk grows, free contributions and consultants that are paid to add functionality on a case by case basis. ** Be a community member - contribute! The Asterisk software growth is very much based on user contributions. That's
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. Again, welcome to the Asterisk.org Open Source PBX Project! Meet you on the IRC channel :-) ...and a Happy New Asterisk-year! /oej ** Asterisk version information At this moment we have two current versions of Asterisk, the developer version and the stable version. The stable version is distributed as .tar.gz archives on several servers. The current stable version of Asterisk is 1.0.3. The stable version contains no new functions and only changes when bugs are fixed. The development version is to be used by people that can test new functions and live with bugs and unexpected shortcomings. ** The mailing list is growing Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers on the -users list. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that are already flowing over with messages. That's why we all need to follow some simple rules on how to use the mailing list and the other tools that are available. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. Do not use this list as a secondary support line if you do not get an answer on the -users list. It is meant for developer discussions, not advanced support. If you need answers, there is a better chance that you will get help on the irc channel. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services (asterisk-biz). You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. If you are unsure which list to use, send only to the -users list. Make sure that you remove unnecessary text when you reply, to make it easy to browse the mailing list quickly. And please do not send HTML mail to a mailing list. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate reports slow things down for everyone, so please spend a few minutes searching first. The bug tracker is also a place where you add your contribution to Asterisk. If you have coded extra functionality, make sure you give it back to the project so it can be added to the code base. This is how Asterisk grows, free contributions and consultants that are paid to add functionality on a case by case basis. ** Be a community member - contribute! The Asterisk software growth is very much
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. ** The mailing list is growing The lead programmer of Asterisk, Mark Spencer at Digium, inc, half a year ago wrote: The Asterisk community is growing at a remarkable pace. I know there are thousands of you out there -- in fact there are over eight *thousand* subscribers to asterisk-users alone, and almost one *thousand* registered users on the bug tracker. Today, we propably have over 10,000 readers. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to thousands of mailboxes that is already flowing over with messages. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org project is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services. You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate reports slow things down for everyone, so please spend a few minutes searching first. The bug tracker is also a place where you add your contribution to Asterisk. If you have coded extra functionality, make sure you give it back to the project so it can be added to the code base. This is how Asterisk grows, free contributions and consultants that are paid to add functionality on a case by case basis. ** Be a community member - contribute! The Asterisk software growth is very much based on user contributions. That's really how we all pay for the software - and get revenue back. If you develop custom functionality, you can rest assured that there is someone out there that wants it, needs it and will be helped by it. Don't forget to contribute. Open Source is both giving and taking. The financial model behind it all is really cooperative in some way. As one member to the community said to a contractor: Hey, I'm paying you to deliver code to me, then I'm giving it away to the community. How did this happen? It's the Open Source business model. And if it didn't work, we wouldn't have a lot of the software platforms that we all use in our business systems - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Asterisk. ** Remember: It's Open Source, it's voluntary Asterisk.org is a Open Source project. This means you can't request help from people, demand new functions or
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. ** The mailing list is growing The lead programmer of Asterisk, Mark Spencer at Digium, inc, recently wrote: The Asterisk community is growing at a remarkable pace. I know there are thousands of you out there -- in fact there are over eight *thousand* subscribers to asterisk-users alone, and almost one *thousand* registered users on the bug tracker. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to over 8.000 mailboxes that is already flowing over with messages. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org project is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. * The VoIP Search at http://search.voip-forum.com Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services. You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate reports slow things down for everyone, so please spend a few minutes searching first. The bug tracker is also a place where you add your contribution to Asterisk. If you have coded extra functionality, make sure you give it back to the project so it can be added to the code base. This is how Asterisk grows, free contributions and consultants that are paid to add functionality on a case by case basis. ** Be a community member - contribute! The Asterisk software growth is very much based on user contributions. That's really how we all pay for the software - and get revenue back. If you develop custom functionality, you can rest assured that there is someone out there that wants it, needs it and will be helped by it. Don't forget to contribute. Open Source is both giving and taking. The financial model behind it all is really cooperative in some way. As one member to the community said to a contractor: Hey, I'm paying you to deliver code to me, then I'm giving it away to the community. How did this happen? It's the Open Source business model. And if it didn't work, we wouldn't have a lot of the software platforms that we all use in our business systems - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Asterisk. ** Remember: It's Open Source, it's voluntary Asterisk.org is a Open Source project. This means you can't request help from people, demand new functions or
Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 01:28:50AM +0900, Sunrise Ltd said: snip There is also some stuff that could be done automatically to keep the noise level down. For example ... - any post to the list with the digest in the subject line or the digest in the body, should be auto-rejected. - any post containing any kind of HTML, should be auto-rejected. Agree 1000%. Any attachments other than PGP / SMIME signatures should be rejected or stripped. If people want to post stuff, use a web or FTP site and post a pointer. - any post containing with a very low new content to quotation ratio (ie 20 lines of quotation for a single line of new content) should have the quotation part automatically cut to size (ie no more than 5 lines of quotation per single line of new content apparently responding to that quotation) snip Rather than cutting quoted material automagically, if the system just rejected any post with multiple copies of the mailing list footer that would go a LONG way towards improving etiquette. Refering users to RFC 1855 may be helpful as well. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Walt Reed wrote: Agree 1000%. Any attachments other than PGP / SMIME signatures should be rejected or stripped. If people want to post stuff, use a web or FTP site and post a pointer. Sounds good to me, except - what about ascii attachments of logs, etc. When searching the archives for references to a problem it's often useful to see the relevent logs which may since have been removed from someone's own website. - -- - Steve Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nexusuk.org/ Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum - Whisper, Evanescence -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key available at http://www.nexusuk.org/pubkey.txt iD8DBQFA/7yj5zUOsIV3bqERAjXRAJ9qD57idEbL3ZFHPZcNHBwwChuunQCeKDbu /51octH0LpyB64Kpttnil44= =zIKo -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Walt Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 01:28:50AM +0900, Sunrise Ltd said: snip There is also some stuff that could be done automatically to keep the noise level down. For example ... - any post to the list with the digest in the subject line or the digest in the body, should be auto-rejected. - any post containing any kind of HTML, should be auto-rejected. Agree 1000%. Any attachments other than PGP / SMIME signatures should be rejected or stripped. If people want to post stuff, use a web or FTP site and post a pointer. I wouldn't even allow those. This is not a repository for legal documents, so signatures are irrelevant. Rather than cutting quoted material automagically, if the system just rejected any post with multiple copies of the mailing list footer that would go a LONG way towards improving etiquette. Agreed. There are just too many lazy people in the world. Anything that helps to give them a well-deserved slap can only be good. -- _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ K e v i n W a l s h _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/[EMAIL PROTECTED] _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:09:51PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Walt Reed wrote: Agree 1000%. Any attachments other than PGP / SMIME signatures should be rejected or stripped. If people want to post stuff, use a web or FTP site and post a pointer. Sounds good to me, except - what about ascii attachments of logs, etc. When searching the archives for references to a problem it's often useful to see the relevent logs which may since have been removed from someone's own website. Good point. Maybe check the mime types and have a select few that are allowed. I'm a little leary on this though - if someone attaches a large log instead of a snippit, it gets multiplied 50,000 times. Maybe a size check on attachments. That also allows for reasonable patches and such, but the bug DB is a better place for that stuff anyway. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Are we on this again? How about letting the list-owner(s) decide what's appropriate here, rather than wasting bandwidth discussing what you guys think is proper list-etiquette. Some people differ from your opinions and their reasons are just as valid as yours. What gets me is that people with signatures like this: -- _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ K e v i n W a l s h _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/[EMAIL PROTECTED] _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ are talking about well deserved slaps and telling others what not to do. The noive. -Original Message- From: Walt Reed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 8:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW * On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:09:51PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Jul 2004, Walt Reed wrote: Agree 1000%. Any attachments other than PGP / SMIME signatures should be rejected or stripped. If people want to post stuff, use a web or FTP site and post a pointer. Sounds good to me, except - what about ascii attachments of logs, etc. When searching the archives for references to a problem it's often useful to see the relevent logs which may since have been removed from someone's own website. Good point. Maybe check the mime types and have a select few that are allowed. I'm a little leary on this though - if someone attaches a large log instead of a snippit, it gets multiplied 50,000 times. Maybe a size check on attachments. That also allows for reasonable patches and such, but the bug DB is a better place for that stuff anyway. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 10:52:11AM -0500, Jay Milk said: Are we on this again? How about letting the list-owner(s) decide what's appropriate here, rather than wasting bandwidth discussing what you guys think is proper list-etiquette. Some people differ from your opinions and their reasons are just as valid as yours. The problem is that the community is growing. It's no longer a few guys in their basement playing with phones. The mailing list volume is growing right along with it. You have to remember that this mailing list is one of the few real support channels that exist for *. The S/N ratio is getting pretty bad. Most of us don't have the time to spend all day long to sort the wheat from the chaff. The lack of good ettiquette has destroyed the digest version of this list, and the archives are close behind. How is a noob going to research before posting when the list is full of crap, threads are broken by lazy outlook users, etc? A few bytes spent urging the list admin to become more proactive in improving the quality of ths list is a great investment if the end result is an improvement in the content and usability of this list. I realize he's probably overworked and has a bazillion other things to do, but this really is a problem that needs to get fixed for the good of the community. I've seen what happens to mailing lists that degenerate like this one is. I would prefer that this not happen with *-users. FYI, one typical post by an apathetic user who doesn't trim probably uses more bandwidth than this entire thread. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Jay Milk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are we on this again? How about letting the list-owner(s) decide what's appropriate here, rather than wasting bandwidth discussing what you guys think is proper list-etiquette. Some people differ from your opinions and their reasons are just as valid as yours. What gets me is that people with signatures like this: [snip: same as below] are talking about well deserved slaps and telling others what not to do. The noive. My signature is 4 lines long and starts with a valid signature marker (-- ). I don't like long signatures that stretch into hundreds of lines (Best regards, name, address telephone, fax, mobile, cat's name etc.) but I see nothing wrong with a 4-line signature. You may want to check with RFC1855 (Netiquette Guidelines), which says If you include a signature keep it short. Rule of thumb is no longer than 4 lines. In fact, you should read it anyway, because you clearly don't know (or care) how to quote in context. (Lazily top-posted original message deleted). -- _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ K e v i n W a l s h _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/[EMAIL PROTECTED] _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/ ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. ** The mailing list is growing The lead programmer of Asterisk, Mark Spencer at Digium, inc, recently wrote: The Asterisk community is growing at a remarkable pace. I know there are thousands of you out there -- in fact there are over eight *thousand* subscribers to asterisk-users alone, and almost one *thousand* registered users on the bug tracker. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to over 8.000 mailboxes that is already flowing over with messages. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. ** Looking for or offering a commercial service? Use the asterisk-biz list for discussions on who offers what and for offering your business services. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org project is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services. You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate reports slow things down for everyone, so please spend a few minutes searching first. The bug tracker is also a place where you add your contribution to Asterisk. If you have coded extra functionality, make sure you give it back to the project so it can be added to the code base. This is how Asterisk grows, free contributions and consultants that are paid to add functionality on a case by case basis. ** Be a community member - contribute! The Asterisk software growth is very much based on user contributions. That's really how we all pay for the software - and get revenue back. If you develop custom functionality, you can rest assured that there is someone out there that wants it, needs it and will be helped by it. Don't forget to contribute. Open Source is both giving and taking. The financial model behind it all is really cooperative in some way. As one member to the community said to a contractor: Hey, I'm paying you to deliver code to me, then I'm giving it away to the community. How did this happen? It's the Open Source business model. And if it didn't work, we wouldn't have a lot of the software platforms that we all use in our business systems - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Asterisk. ** Remember: It's Open Source, it's voluntary Asterisk.org is a
Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
I am on many mailing lists and lots of them have similar problems with people posting messages they could better answer themselves. Since many of these messages are from people posting for the first time, I think to some degree this is a failing of the mailing list structure itself. I've wondered if a mechanism like this would help: For the first N messages you post to the mailing list, your post does not automatically get posted. Instead you get a message similar to Olle's below, ending with something like: If you still want to send your message to the mailing list, just reply to this message Jim James H. Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Olle E. Johansson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Users Asterisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:40 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW * Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. ** The mailing list is growing The lead programmer of Asterisk, Mark Spencer at Digium, inc, recently wrote: The Asterisk community is growing at a remarkable pace. I know there are thousands of you out there -- in fact there are over eight *thousand* subscribers to asterisk-users alone, and almost one *thousand* registered users on the bug tracker. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to over 8.000 mailboxes that is already flowing over with messages. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. ** Looking for or offering a commercial service? Use the asterisk-biz list for discussions on who offers what and for offering your business services. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org project is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services. You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate reports slow things down for everyone, so please spend a few minutes searching first. The bug tracker is also a place where you add your contribution to Asterisk. If you have coded extra functionality, make sure you give it back to the project so it can be added to the code base
Re: [Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
James H. Thompson wrote: (B (BI've wondered if a mechanism like this would help: (BFor the first N messages you post to the mailing list, (Byour post does not automatically get posted. (BInstead you get a message similar to Olle's below, (Bending with something like: (B (B "If you still want to send your message to (B the mailing list, just reply to this message" (B (BThis might cause more harm than it does good. However, I (Bcan see no harm in sending an auto-reply to each newbie (Bposter (for the first n messages) that asks something like (B"Did you read the rules?" in the subject line containing (B'the rules of conduct" for the list in the body, but (Bwithout the "reply to confirm your post" thing. (B (BThere is also some stuff that could be done automatically (Bto keep the noise level down. For example ... (B (B- any post to the list with the digest in the subject line (Bor the digest in the body, should be auto-rejected. (B (B- any post containing any kind of HTML, should be (Bauto-rejected. (B (B- any post containing with a very low new content to (Bquotation ratio (ie 20 lines of quotation for a single (Bline of new content) should have the quotation part (Bautomatically cut to size (ie no more than 5 lines of (Bquotation per single line of new content apparently (Bresponding to that quotation) (B (BNote: if it is essential that the quotation is left uncut (Bin the resulting post, the responding poster would have to (Buse markup to indicate that the quotation should not be (Bstripped nor cut. For example: (B (B--===[LONG QUOTATION]===--- (B (B very long quotation not to be touched by the ML engine (B (B--===[/LONG QUOTATION]===--- (B (BThis would cut down on excessive laziness quoting. (B (BIt would also be possible to rate each poster's posting (Bquality and send the results to the list every week or (Bmonth. There is a utility that can be used to assess how (Bmuch new content somebody posted and how much quoting (Bposts contained. The utility is called style and has been (Baround for ages, since Bell Labs' early Unix releases. (B (BOf course all this requires a bit of work to do and thus (Btime we all have so little of. (B (BBut at the very least the mailing list's mail host should (Bbe configured to reject anything that contains HTML. This (Bis fairly easy to do and it would go a long distance. (B (Brgds (Bbenjk (B (B (B-- (BSunrise Telephone Systems Ltd (B9F Shibuya Daikyo Bldg., 1-13-5 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan (B (B__ (BDo You Yahoo!? (BGANBARE! NIPPON! (Bhttp://mail.ganbare-nippon.yahoo.co.jp/ (B (B___ (BAsterisk-Users mailing list (B[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bhttp://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users (BTo UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: (B http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. ** The mailing list is growing The lead programmer of Asterisk, Mark Spencer at Digium, inc, recently wrote: The Asterisk community is growing at a remarkable pace. I know there are thousands of you out there -- in fact there are over eight *thousand* subscribers to asterisk-users alone, and almost one *thousand* registered users on the bug tracker. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to over 8.000 mailboxes that is already flowing over with messages. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org project is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list, asterisk-dev. For BSD users (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and OS/X) there's a list called asterisk-bsd. There is also a business list for those that want to ask for commercial services and inform their community about new services. You'll find all lists on http://lists.digium.com, which is the site where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate reports slow things down for everyone, so please spend a few minutes searching first. The bug tracker is also a place where you add your contribution to Asterisk. If you have coded extra functionality, make sure you give it back to the project so it can be added to the code base. This is how Asterisk grows, free contributions and consultants that are paid to add functionality on a case by case basis. ** Be a community member - contribute! The Asterisk software growth is very much based on user contributions. That's really how we all pay for the software - and get revenue back. If you develop custom functionality, you can rest assured that there is someone out there that wants it, needs it and will be helped by it. Don't forget to contribute. Open Source is both giving and taking. The financial model behind it all is really cooperative in some way. As one member to the community said to a contractor: Hey, I'm paying you to deliver code to me, then I'm giving it away to the community. How did this happen? It's the Open Source business model. And if it didn't work, we wouldn't have a lot of the software platforms that we all use in our business systems - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Asterisk. ** Remember: It's Open Source, it's voluntary Asterisk.org is a Open Source project. This means you can't request help from people, demand new functions or support. However, there are many individuals and companies
[Asterisk-Users] * INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASE READ NOW *
Welcome to the Asterisk users community! Asterisk.org is a fast moving project. New code is added every day. Asterisk is the leading Open Source Telephony platform, with support both for classical telephony and IP telephony. Our community is also growing fast and we're having a lot of interaction, on the IRC and on the mailing lists. It's great to have you participating in this Open Source project - building an Open Source PBX. Here are a few things to know and remember while working with the project. ** The mailing list is growing The lead programmer of Asterisk, Mark Spencer at Digium, inc, recently wrote: The Asterisk community is growing at a remarkable pace. I know there are thousands of you out there -- in fact there are over eight *thousand* subscribers to asterisk-users alone, and almost one *thousand* registered users on the bug tracker. This means that everything anyone write to this mailing list, is sent to over 8.000 mailboxes that is already flowing over with messages. ** Think before sending a message, think twice I would like to stress the fact that you have to think before you send a message to such a big list. Do *not* send out personal replies on the list. If you offer services to someone, do *not* CC: or reply to the list, it will annoy more potential customers than get you new customers. If you send out a message by mistake, you don't have to apologize to all of us, we understand you're embarassed. We will get more annoyed by your apology than over your first message. ** Try finding the answer first, then ask the list The Asterisk Wiki at http://www.voip-info.org project is an important knowledge base for the project. Go there to find your answer first, then search the mailing list archives (Google or http://search.voip-forum.com) and then go to the IRC channel. The IRC channel is populated with Asterisk gurus around the clock (literally) and they'll help you move forward. * IRC info: http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=support#irc * There's many links to Asterisk web pages on the documentation page at http://www.asterisk.org * The Asterisk FAQ is found on the wiki http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+FAQ * The Asterisk documentation project (which needs your help) is at http://www.asteriskdocs.org Their handbook The hitchhiker's guide to Asterisk is already well worth reading. Finally, if you don't find the answer elsewhere, try the list. ** Mailing lists For developers, there is a developer's list. You'll find it on http://lists.digium.com, which is the address where you manage your subscription to this list as well. Please, do not crosspost the same message to multiple mailing lists. It will not help you, it will only add to the mail flow and get people that read both lists irritated. ** Reporting bugs If you think you have found a bug, report it. We need bug reports. Read this document http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html and then go to the bugtracker http://bugs.digium.com to file a report. If you are unsure, find a bug marshal on the IRC channel to help you. They're appointed to support you with how to handle bugs. Please check the bugtracker thoroughly before posting a new bug; often, your bug or feature already exists but is simply slowly making it's way through the system. Duplicate reports slow things down for everyone, so please spend a few minutes searching first. The bug tracker is also a place where you add your contribution to Asterisk. If you have coded extra functionality, make sure you give it back to the project so it can be added to the code base. This is how Asterisk grows, free contributions and consultants that are paid to add functionality on a case by case basis. ** Be a community member The Asterisk software growth is very much based on user contributions. That's really how we all pay for the software - and get revenue back. If you develop custom functionality, you can rest assured that there is someone out there that wants it, needs it and will be helped by it. Don't forget to contribute. Open Source is both giving and taking. The financial model behind it all is really cooperative in some way. As one member to the community said to a contractor: Hey, I'm paying you to deliver code to me, then I'm giving it away to the community. How did this happen? It's the Open Source business model. And if it didn't work, we wouldn't have a lot of the software platforms that we all use in our business systems - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Asterisk. ** Remember: It's Open Source, it's voluntary Asterisk.org is a Open Source project. This means you can't request help from people, demand new functions or support. However, there are many individuals and companies out there that are offering services based on Asterisk, from VoIP service providers to consultants all over the world. Of course, this is also part of Digium's business, so you have plenty of help if your willing to pay. Digium is to be found at
