[ATrpms-users] Asterisk dependencies

[Axel Thimm]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 03:42:50PM -0600, Philip Prindeville wrote:
> Mark Wormgoor wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >   
> >> Would it make sense to remove the dependency of Asterisk on
> >> zaptel and libtonezone?  Or even spandsp?
> >>
> >> Some of us are using the natively SIP handsets like the Zyxel
> >> or Vtech...
> >>     
> >
> > Asterisk always needs zaptel. You need to have a good timing module, and 
> > only the zaptel kmdl provides them (ztdummy). The rc.d script for 
> > loading the kmdl is in the zaptel module.  And zaptel depends on 
> > libtonezone.
> >
> > As for spandsp, the app_rxfax and app_txfax are now part of asterisk, so 
> >   rpm automatically requires spandsp. Unless these modules are split 
> > into a separate package (asterisk-fax?), the dependency remains.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Mark
> >   
> 
> There were some noises about further breaking Asterisk down into
> finer granularity.  That would be a good thing, and would more fully
> exploit the ability to tailor/configure Asterisk to a wide range of
> applications.

Do you have a pointer?

> Has there been any movement on this?
> 
> And what is the strategy?

Not sure whether you mean some discussion at upstream level or at
package level.

> Could the timing module ztdummy (since it doesn't actually correspond
> to real hardware, if I've understood correctly) be made part of a
> stand-alone asterisk-kmdl rpm instead?

Technically yes, but what would the gain be? A smaller kmdl package?
Zaptel kmdls are about 250-350k, not really big (if compared for
instance to the kernel rpm).
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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