Hi everybody,

also related to the new MI topic - as previously posted, there already an implementation for FIFO interface (FIFO <-> MI translation) - see http://openser.org/docs/modules/1.2.x/mi_fifo.html .

There are two hot topics I would like to address:

1) backward compatibility with all fifo implementation. The new fifo syntax is a bit simplify and changed in order to allow to be mapped over an "name = value" approach - see http://openser.org/docs/modules/1.2.x/mi_fifo.html#AEN40

The big difference is when it comes to values spreading across multiple lines (as the FIFO syntax is line orientated). In old implementation the line order was known by the functions implementing the external commands- lines with a single dot were used as end-markers for sets of line that should be interpreted as a single value. The MI interface is just doing translation (is not functionality aware) so a more coherent definition was needed - for multiple line value, quoted strings are used. This will break compatibility for functions using multiple line values like t_uac_dlg(). There are just a few functions, but they are.

2) for how long should we keep in parallel the two FIFO / UNIXSOCK implementations before dropping the old ones? I am a fan of a fast transition I would drop the old impls as soon as the new one offer the same functioanlity - this will accelerate the testing and migration process.

So the questions are - when to drop the old impls and how to deal with backward compatibilities (as MI will not be 100% compat with SEMS for example)

One solution (based on my opinions) - drop as soon as possible and use for backward compatibility a FIFO proxy to do translation between versions (for people interested in).

any other solutions are welcome for debate.

Regards, Bogdan