[Kamailio-Devel] packaging updates for 1.5

[Daniel-Constantin Mierla]

Hello Henning,

I think we should review the packaging split based on needs. So far we 
did based on dependencies, which is not following users demands.

There was a thread about updating the config file as well. I propose to 
have in the main package:
- mysql module
- pcre-related modules
- carrierroute

 From discussions on the lists, these are very used. These will add new 
dependencies, but if taken from an apt repo, it is easier to get them. I 
am thinking about the usability of what we deliver out of the box, 
aspect which is very relevant in adoption of application and lowering 
support requests from novices.

Cheers,
Daniel


On 02/25/2009 03:00 PM, Henning Westerholt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> this mail summaries changes related the packaging of kamailio since the last 
> major release to ease the adaption to existing script for you.
>
>
> 1) Changes in library depencies:
>
> lcr and dialplan modules - they depends now on libpcre (run time) and 
> libpcre-dev (compilation).
>
> new regex module - depends on libpcre (run time) and libpcre-dev 
> (compilation).
>
> new purple module - depends on libpurple (run time) and libpurple-dev 
> (compilation). It was tested against libpurple from pidgin 2.5.2, but the 
> version provided in kubuntu (2.4.1) at least compiles fine.
>
> new utils module - depends on libcurl-gnutls (run time) and libcurl-gnutls-dev 
> (compilation).
>
> new presence_dialoginfo and pua_dialoginfo modules - same dependencies as the 
> already existing presence modules, and should be also packaged with them.
>
> new misc_radius module, replaced avp_radius, group_radius and uri_radius - 
> same depencencies as existing radius module, and should be also packaged with 
> them.
>
> I've updated the debian packaging scripts, they generate now three new 
> packages:
>
> - kamailio-utils-module
> - kamailio-regex-modules (lcr, dialplan, regex)
> - kamailio-purple-module
>
>
> 2) Man page generation:
>
> Its now possible to generate man pages from the module documentation. This 
> needs to be done in the packaging with "make modules-docbook-man" for all 
> modules (possible with the include_modules variable). The man pages are 
> placed in the main and modules packages.
>
>
> 3) Other changes that are also worth to be checked
>
> - is the list of the presence modules up to date, does it contains all that   
>   we've also in debian? (rls module was not included in the past..)
> - is the list of the radius modules up to date, does it contains the peering 
>   module (from 1.4.0)
> - do you package all the modules we also have in debian?
> - do you need any special patches for some incompatibilities in the code? 
>   We're of course interested in fixing this problems in our code base.
> - do you've some hard coded module names in your scripts for the "default 
>   modules" set? If yes, this probably needs to be fixed, as some smaller 
>   modules (like options, uri, gflags) were merged into siputils, cfgutils
> - the module set for the "default modules" contains now some more modules, 
>   check if you build all of them
>
>
> So if you maintain packaging scripts in a distribution repository or in our 
> trunk, please check and update them if necessary.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Henning
>
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Daniel-Constantin Mierla
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