Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] Ekiga 3.00

[Julien Puydt <jpuydt free fr>]

Luc Saillard a écrit :
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 07:54:20PM +0200, Julien Puydt wrote:
>  
> > > * Ekiga will be able to detect when an USB headset or camera is plugged,
> > > and propose you to use it.
> > Huge, huge work in that area too.
>
> I've already have some code to it ... but it's specific Linux. It's just a
> matter looking in /sys/ and /proc/asound. Else we can use the 'hal' library
> but not depends of. With a set of udev rules, i've route all sounds from the
> mainboard to the headphone when plugged.

Looking in /sys/ and /proc/asound !? Gasp, indeed I was more seeing it 
two-folds :
- a generic framework to ask user about new devices ;
- a platform-specific device plug-in detector (definitely HAL and not 
looking ourselves in whatever directory, as that would mean chasing an 
ever-moving target ourselves!).

> > > * Better NAT support
> > Hmmmm... new network traversal methods ?
>
> We can use port forwarding from a internet host accessible from anywhere.
> This host can forward in tcp, udp, or even SSL (it's already use by msn live
> messenger).

Yes, and that's also what skype does. The problem is that such an host 
needs a big bandwith and high availability... something we can't afford.

> > > * New configuration assistant
> > Based on GtkAssistant instead of GnomeDruid. Yes!
>
> Gizmo (not free software) has a very simple interface to create the account.
> (and a good UI ...). I would love to have the same thing for ekiga.

The configuration assistant doesn't just create the account, it also 
lets the user choose the devices, etc.

Snark