[SR-Users] [sr-dev] Via header, branch parameter and syn_branch

Henning Westerholt hw at kamailio.org
Fri May 24 15:54:22 CEST 2013


Am Donnerstag, 23. Mai 2013, 12:20:00 schrieb Henning Westerholt:
> [...]
> > And should the next major release have a default of syn_branch=0?
> > Since with syn_branch=1 the branch=0 version has been known to cause
> > interop issues in the past (see below) and I can confirm the
> > branch=z9hG4bKcydzigwkX version causes interop issues in the present.
> 
> Hello Richard,
> 
> syn_branch=0 should be made the default, this is what we use as default
> since years in our backend. The performance concerns that were the reason
> for introducing it long ago are nowadays not valid anymore (even on
> embedded systems).
> 
> I would suggest to remove this parameter completely, one less if/else case
> in the module code and also a a parameter less to document and learn for
> our users.

Hello Richard,

the parameter has been removed from the core in git master branch. Now 
Kamailio should be generate correct Via branch parameter as default. It 
behaves now as syn_branch = 0 would be set.

Cheers,

Henning Westerholt




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