[Serusers] ser status update 2003/II

Folks, we've been asked frequently questions "when will be the next release out", "what new features can I be looking forward to", "will the next ser release include a b2bua", etc. This update gives you answers to some of these question, don't hesitate to ask me if you want to know more. Also, on this opportunity I would like to thank wholeheartly to our contributors -- they came up with many excellent ideas, running code and their work has been a great encouragement to us. New Features ------------ - presence agent and presence support in SIMPLE2Jabber gateway - dynamic domain management (simplifies hosting multiple domains, which was quite manual work till now) - enum support - nathelper module for getting over NATs with ATAs - beta-version of voicemail - 3261-alignment: support for TCP and loose-routing - accounting improved, reporting to serweb's "missed calls" now possible There is many other tiny useful things: exec module was made more comfortable, support for powerPC was introduced, CC-Diversion support for talking to Cisco gateways, netbsd support, ser is now 64 bits clean, and generally lot of clean-ups were applied to keep code-base sane in spite of all the new features. All bugs reported so far have been fixed. User's guide documents more usage scenarios with more examples. Performance has been boosted too -- we achieved 5kCPS with a tuned ser version for stateful forwarding without user location. Good for dealing with many stress situations. There are also many other things frequently asked for, which will not be part of the next release. The most frequently asked one, b2bua, for example. If you miss a feature urgently, implementing and contributing it may be quicker than waiting until someone else does that. We will be glad to provide guidance. Features that have been asked until now and I have not forgotten are b2bua, FCP client, SIP Address Translator. When ---- I better don't tell you -- I would set your expectations and they would lead to disappointment if it takes longer than hoped for (which simply happens too often). I hope to have a pre-alpha, testers-only release in course of February -- and we will invite all impatient testers to use it. SIP Accounts ------------ Don't forget -- you don't need to run your own server -- if all you need is a SIP account, get one from iptel at http://www.iptel.org/user/reg/index.php, of course ser-powered :-) -Jiri on behalf of all who have contributed to SER advancement -- Jiri Kuthan http://iptel.org/~jiri/