[Users] Re: [Serusers] OpenSER release

[Andrei Pelinescu-Onciul]

On Jun 14, 2005 at 20:10, Bogdan-Andrei Iancu <bogdan at voice-system.ro> wrote:
> Hi SER community,
> 
> there are almost two years from the last official SER release and things 
> do not promise too much right now. Not only that the progress stuck 
> somewhere on the way (rel 0.9.0 was started more than half a year ago), 
> but even any attempt to push thing forward seems to be denied - I tried 
> along with Daniel to push the release, but seems that not everybody 
> shares our and comunity's interest regarding the public part of SER - 
> upgrades were rolled back, new software contributions haven't found 
> their way in (like TLS and other new modules), modules maintained by 
> other developers are inaccessible.


The release is delayed due to lack of time.
Current show stoppers were me reviewing the whole tcp code (after finding
a minor bug) and some radius makefile problem.
Forking ser is a very bad ideea and your exposed reason are far from
enough to motivate it.
Anyway anybody can cvs co -rrel_0_9_0 .


> 
> Unfortunately this is not a good environment if we what to have some 
> future progress for SER. And this is the main reason for starting a new 
> project called OpenSER - http://www.openser.org .
> 
> It's called open because its most important attribute is its opening to 
> new ideas and contributions, fast developing and more involvement of the 
> comunity. Along with quality, the progress is the main concern.
> We will continue to support and develop the SER project as much as so 
> far and as much as possible, but OpenSER will give the liberty for more.
> 

ser just got an experimental module repository for new stuff that is not
tested and/or not reviewed by a core developed (so that it can be added
 to the ser main repository).

> OpenSER serves the interest of all SER users and will not change its 
> purpose - as a fact I have the pleasure to announce its first release - 
> OpenSER 0.9.4. The web site offers a comprehensive listing of new 
> features and fixes - http://www.openser.org/index.php#features. For 
> people already familiar to SER 0.9.3, going to 
> http://www.openser.org/diffs-0.9.0.php will be more helpful.

Some of the changes listed in the diffs will break compatibility with
current ser configuration scripts. I wonder also when have you tested
all your changes.



Andrei