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

["Edward Dunagin" <edunagin gmail com>]

Edward Dunagin-Dunigan
Bozeman, MT 59718
mobile 406-570-0992
Land line 406-556-7282
EKIGA: sip:edunagin ekiga net
http://doas.montanalinux.org



On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:45 AM, John hawley <johnhawley blueyonder co uk> wrote:
> 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.

Here is another user like John. I had Ekiga 2 working about 6 months
ago but can't seem to get it working now. I'm running Kubuntu
Intrepid. Can't seem to even contact the test site, 500 ekiga net 

I have not  tried Ekiga 3 for I can't seem to get 2 running. (maybe
I'll go ahead and download 3)<sigh><g>

Peace.........................ed