[Serusers] SIP Express Bundle. Step 1.

[Jiri Kuthan]

Hi Neil,
        
thanks a lot for taking intitiative.

We have good progress with our parts -- OOB script seems to be doing
find, so does the OOB debian package. Pavel (cc) is preparing ai1 debian
package (all-in-one) which is really all-containing, but this suffers
at the moment from "best-effort" mode. Anyhow -- folks are invited
to give those a try and provide feedback.

I'm not 100% sure if this is of help given the high level of desire
for RH, but if folks are willing to consider debian too (as I would
advocate), this may be a good starting base.

-jiri

At 04:17 26/02/2008, SIP wrote:
>Okay, It's time to get things going on the SIP Express Bundle. I'm 
>stepping in to take the reins as project manager on this one so we can 
>get things rolling.
>
>First please take a look at the project page:  
>http://www.iptel.org/bundle/project
>
>Step 1 here, I'd like to verify a headcount of people working on this 
>project as of now. This doesn't mean people can't join up later, and it 
>certainly doesn't mean that I'm going to expect you to put more time 
>into this than you can commit, but we need to know where we stand.
>
>Currently, on the project list, we have:
>
>    *
>      Jai: testing and installation work
>    *
>      ram: testing
>    *
>      SIP: testing (and now project management)
>    *
>      Jiri: debian, oob
>    *
>      Mike: testing and documentation
>    *
>      Stefan: SEMS
>
>Are the people listed here still available to do these particular tasks? 
>Has anyone else volunteered time/resources on this project that hasn't 
>been listed here? If so, shoot me an email, and I'll add you to the 
>list. We need a people inventory so we know what roles we're missing.
>
>For instance, I've heard a few people mention that they'd be willing to 
>donate a server to the cause so we have somewhere to test things upon. I 
>don't have those people listed, but that's certainly an area we're going 
>to need. Also, we've had varying reports of which direction we're going 
>-- ISO or Virtual Machine.  For now, I think we should concentrate on an 
>ISO as that's going to be the most attractive to people for building a 
>ready-to-go hardware appliance, and it will probably be a little less of 
>a headache for creating a drop-in installation.  However, I also think a 
>virtual machine should be on the list in the future, and once we get an 
>ISO ready, creating a virtual machine from that configuration should be 
>relatively straightforward.
>
>However, on the list of people, I don't see anyone down for scripting an 
>install -- a kickstart disc or what have you. That's another area we're 
>lacking. If anyone has experience in that area, shoot me an email and 
>I'll add you to the list.
>
>We need to focus. For this reason, we'll start small and work from 
>there. Do NOT expect this first SER bundle to have every feature you 
>could imagine in it, and don't get discouraged if your favourite feature 
>is missing. As the project grows, we'll most certainly be adding 
>capabilities and allowing a tailored install. But for now, the goal 
>should be to get things running and working first in a simple format and 
>then add on from there.
>
>Having a bundle like this is perhaps the biggest step we can take toward 
>bringing SER to the masses and finally breaking down some of those 
>barriers that have kept people out of the project.
>
>I'm looking forward to working with all of you on this project!
>
>Neil
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