[Devel] new presence server

[Daniel-Constantin Mierla]

Hello,

a new presence server which follows the standards and latest draft of 
SIMPLE has been committed on CVS. With this occasion I want to introduce 
Anca Vamanu, a new developer which will be in charge of maintaining the 
presence related stuff.

The new module passed successfully a period of tests with common SIP UAs 
having SIMPLE extensions. It is still long way until we get full SIMPLE 
extensions, but we have the most desired functionalities: presence info, 
watcher info and XCAP. Some of you already tested it, and would be great 
if we can collect the experiences everyone encounters with presence 
extensions and different UA. There is a dokuwiki page where everybody 
can contribute:

http://www.openser.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/presence:presence-module

Since there are not so many mature implementation in client side, the 
testing proves to be a difficult process, and your help is very welcome. 
The dokuwiki page includes some sample config files that can be used as 
starting point.

The news on web site and the readme for the module:
http://www.openser.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=9
http://www.openser.org/docs/modules/devel/presence.html

Next on track is a generic module which will be able to publish presence 
information in behalf of dummy entities. For example will publish 
online/offline for hardphones registered on user location table.

Looking forward to your feedback.

Cheers,
Daniel