[Serusers] "Best practice" document, was Warning: sl_send_reply: I won't send a reply for ACK!!

[Greger V. Teigre]

Thanks for your initiative, Paul.

I suggested in a previous post that a simple FAQ list could be created on 
the iptel.org site pointing to posts on mail.iptel.org that addressed 
commonly asked questions.  Seeing the initiative now on TLS, I realize that 
maybe the only way to get something going is to do something, submit it in 
some way, and then people will start to relate to it.
    Thus, I suggest that you, if you have the capacity to do so, submit a 
starting point for a such a best practice document.  I will promise to 
review and contribute where I can add value.  If people fancy the document, 
it will be in the interest of the core developers to submit their input 
("priority by relevance").

    My company has decided to offer to host a "best practice site" (if it is 
of interest to the community) where the document, reference ser.cfgs, as 
well as links to posts, resources, other people's non-cvs modules etc can be 
presented.  I find voip-info.org to be a good resource, but picture a more 
structured and edited approach to complement and provide easy access to 
resources.
    Ser is an excellent open source software, but IMHO the project has not 
yet matured enough to be taken seriously for large service providers 
(without somebody like us presenting .  Those of us who make a living that 
includes ser should really collaborate to make ser as best as possible and 
(an even more) viable alternative to commercial software.  We can and should 
compete on other things than who can make the ser.cfg work...

    The core developers are doing an excellent job, and I believe the best 
way we can help them out is to start initiatives and see if they catch on. 
I think it's in everybody's interest to build a large and stable community 
around ser.
    I see several initiatives now that point in the right direction, as well 
as areas where work is needed:
- "Best practice" initiative from Paul
- My initiative suggesting a new website in this post
- Andreas' work on scalability (discussed recently on this list)
- The TLS initiative
- Need for a viable, scalable voicemail implementation
- Need for a scalability/redundancy reference design including load 
balancing/multiple server centers
- Need for database support beyond open-source DBs (ODBC/JDBC/LDAP)
- Need for access to a repository of modules (beyond those in CVS). Can be 
addressed on my suggested website
- Need for more application level integration/capabilities (SIP Servlets, 
JAIN, etc)
- and probably many more

Well, let's start small. There is a  lot of activity and implementations 
that are being done, partially exposed here on serusers/serdev. By exposing 
and coordinating these efforts publicly, people can concentrate on new and 
even more exciting things than just figuring out how to handle NAT...
g-)


Java Rockx wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Since I just made very substantial changes to my ser.cfg I'd like to
> test my full feature set before sharing it. I'm going to put a new
> post on serusers_at_iptel.org in a day or two seeking comments on
> establishing a "best practices" document for ser.cfg and in that post
> I'll attach my ser.cfg which perhaps could be used as a basis for
> beginning a dialog on this subject.
>
> At a minimum I'd like to see a more complete and complex ser.cfg for
> which other can base their work.
>
> The problem with this is that it would require take some feedback from
> the ser core team to ensure the "best practices" are correct and
> properly reflect the designers intent. The reason I think this could
> be a problem is that Andrei, Jiri, Jan, and company are more than busy
> already.
>
> The bottom line is that as great as ser is, coding practices are
> mostly a mystry to developers seeking to install ser and when you get
> in to complex functionality such as call forwarding confusion stumps
> many users.
>
> Regards,
> Paul
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:59:31 +0100 (CET), Medve Istvan <imedve at ew.hu>
> wrote:
>>> Perhaps I'll post my entire ser.cfg this week for anyone that wants
>>> it.
>>
>> Please send it to me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> imedve
>>
>>
>
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