Re: [Ekiga-list] [Ekiga-devel-list] Call for testing our new ekiga.net platform

[John hawley <johnhawley blueyonder co uk>]

Damien Sandras wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Without feedback :
> - do we consider that people are too lazy to test and that no test has
> been done
> - do we consider that it works well 
>
> ?
>
> Le mercredi 29 octobre 2008 à 23:19 +0100, yannick a écrit :
>   
> > Hello,
> >
> > We are currently in the process to switch the softwares used for the
> > ekiga.net service. Before the real switch, we need some people to test
> > it.
> >
> > To use the improved service, you just need to configure ekiga 3.0 to use
> > an inbound proxy (in Edit -> Preferences -> SIP Settings -> Outbound
> > Proxy): set it as "ekiga.net:6060". The rest is just similar to the
> > current use of ekiga.net
> >
> > You need to use the stable release of Ekiga 3.0 (3.0.0, or 3.0.1) to
> > test the new system. Our current Ekiga trunk (SVN) has its outbound
> > proxy broken at the moment.
> >
> > We also have a new web interface to register accounts:
> > http://ekiga.net/yannick/weboser/
> > Warning: All new account created using this new web interface will be
> > deleted once we will do the real switch.
> >
> > We are waiting your feedback.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Yannick
> >
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> >     
I would be delighted to assist in testing however, I've yet to succeed 
in building a runnable version of 3.0  (on Hardy) As I expressed in an 
email last year, I desperately need something like Ekiga using H264 to 
enable deaf users to control video/sound bandwidth and picture quality 
vs frame-rate (for lip-reading) . As this means installing on a variety 
of machines/operating systems, I see no real prospect of this until 
Ekiga becomes a simple one-step downloadable package.  Please don't get 
me wrong, I think Damien, Yannick and others are doing a wonderful job 
and I'm extremely  grateful for the (unpaid) effort that's going in but 
all the while it relies on a high degree of skill to actually get it 
going, Ekiga will remain in a tiny specialist backwater.

I used to have reasonable programming skills and at one stage was a UNIX 
system administrator and would help if I could (sadly I've forgotten too 
much I think) but it concerns me that if I think this is complex, what's 
it going to look like to an "average" user?

Much of the problem as I see it relates to the assumption that end users 
are aware of the function of the  various dependencies (ptlib etc)  and 
understand terms such as NAT and STUN etc. A simple glossary of terms 
may go a long way to de-mystifying  the building process.

Apologies if this seems like a criticism,  I'm a great fan but sometimes 
you have to stand back and  look at it  from a users point of view.


Regards John Hawley