[Serusers] Which version of SER to use?

[Greger V. Teigre]

:-) Spend 30 minutes on SER 2.0; it's easier than you think. etc/ser.cfg 
is a decent config.
g-)

Eneref wrote:
> If I actually knew anything about how all the new stuff worked, I'd be 
> happy to help. ;) Sort of a chicken and egg problem.
>
> Unfortunately, as late, in my copious free time (*cough*), I haven't 
> had the time to delve into the SER 2.0 stuff and actually figure out 
> for myself how it all meshes together.
>
> N.
>
>
> Greger V. Teigre wrote:
>> heh heh, as iptel.org is an open-source project, we need a sponsor to 
>> pay for a technical writer if we want one. Iptego did that for SEMS 
>> documentation, but we don't have a documentation sponsor for SER. I'm 
>> afraid paid beer does not bring us far...
>>
>> So, we will have to cope with the volunteers we have. An advanced 
>> user, like you, is as good a writer as anyone, so if you want to put 
>> your keyboard fingers where your mouth is ;-), you are very welcome 
>> to sign up as a volunteer on either of our three current 
>> documentation efforts:
>> 1. Migration guide (editor: Simon Miles)
>> 2. Reference guide (editor: yours truly)
>> 3. SER - Getting Started (editor: ?)
>>
>> I'm in the process of coordinating the table of contents with Simon, 
>> but here's an attempted outline:
>> http://www.iptel.org/suggestion_for_outline_of_new_ser_reference_manual
>>
>> Feel free to sign up for any chapter or maybe editor of the Getting 
>> Started guide?!
>> g-)
>>
>> SIP wrote:
>>> Oh don't worry. I won't take it the wrong way. I'll be the first to 
>>> tell you that the documentation for SER is pretty close to 
>>> unusable.  But unfortunately, that's the way most open source 
>>> projects are. You have all these coding geniuses building them, and 
>>> all these systems geniuses testing them... and not a single one of 
>>> them remembers how to convey information to the rest of us. ;)
>>>
>>> What the project lacks is a full-time technical writer -- someone 
>>> whose job it is is to corner the developers and ask them what all of 
>>> this stuff means (in intricate detail) and not let them go until 
>>> they've fully explained all of it. Then he/she can take that 
>>> information and translate it into something human beings can 
>>> understand.
>>>
>>> This is one reason why good technical writers are expensive, and the 
>>> primary reason that most companies and projects 'make do' with 
>>> whatever they can find.
>>>
>>> If you know any good technical writers who might be willing to fly 
>>> off to Europe and ply some of the SER team with beer enough to get 
>>> them talking, we could most certainly use it. I'll pay for the beer. ;)
>>>
>>> N.
>>>
>>>
>>> lists at infoway.net wrote:
>>>> Excellent news. Thanks for the feedback. Overall, and please don't 
>>>> take this negatively, I think documentation for SER is difficult 
>>>> for beginners, so if we have to go through the learning curve 
>>>> anyway, we might as well do it in the newer version.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 8, 2007 5:04 pm, SIP <sip at arcdiv.com> said:
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>> For all intents and purposes, SER 2.0 (the new one) is ready for use.
>>>>> The only thing it's really waiting on to be 'stable' is some better
>>>>> documentation.  However, it's best, if you're just getting 
>>>>> started, to
>>>>> deploy with the new version and maybe muddle your way through a bit
>>>>> until documentation is complete.
>>>>>
>>>>> N.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> lists at infoway.net wrote:
>>>>>  
>>>>>> We are planning on deploying a couple of SER servers and 
>>>>>> integrate them with
>>>>>> either SEMS or Asterisk for voicemail. However, we are a bit 
>>>>>> confused as to which
>>>>>> version of SER to go with? From what we can tell, the latest 
>>>>>> stable version is
>>>>>> 0.9.6. However, we know of the new 0.10.X version. Reading up on 
>>>>>> the site, there
>>>>>> is some documentation that explains a little bit of the 
>>>>>> differences and/or
>>>>>> migration recommendations/steps.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, in an effort to keep life as simple as possible, which 
>>>>>> version should we work
>>>>>> with? We are afraid that if we go through a learning cycle with 
>>>>>> 0.9.6 we're going
>>>>>> to "suffer" when migrating to the new version, either because of 
>>>>>> the learning
>>>>>> curve or because of a potential painful migration process.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any recommendations?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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