Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] OPAL branch + Port status

[PUYDT Julien <jpuydt free fr>]

Le jeudi 25 novembre 2004 à 00:05 +0100, Damien Sandras a écrit :
> Is it interesting that I create an OPAL branch in CVS even if GM Opal is
> not usable yet?

I'm not sure cvs does enough to make it really comfortable. As Kilian
says, tla would be a better choice (although cvs.gnome.org won't do it).

> That would make a backup for me, and perhaps give me some motivation.
> There is still a long road before a possible release. 

Ok.

> Basically, there are three big steps :
> 1) Port GnomeMeeting from OpenH323 to OPAL. That shouldn't be long
> anymore as most of the required stuff is already working. So we should
> have a usable version, with bugs, and with a big lack of features around
> Christmas at worse.

The list of lacking features is below...

> 2) Stabilize OPAL. I have started a list of bugs 1.5 months ago and
> reported them to Craig and Robert. No work has been done on them, I
> don't know if it is a bad news or not. 

No visible work doesn't mean no work.

> That could mean that we are on our own to fix things. If that's the
> case, then that means that the port will take longer than expected
> except if a few coders start working on the project.

Hmmmm... why do I have the feeling I'm on the list of "few coders"? ;-)

> Craig certified me it was not the case, but things are not moving at the
> moment, or moving slower than the Windows port.

That slow?

>  Craig and Robert are very busy (which is good), but that makes things
> difficult for me too, my evenings are short, too short and I sometimes
> have to spend several evenings on a problem just because I do not get an
> answer to an email I sent.

Well, I noticed you had a tendancy to take a fast and precise answer for
granted ;-)

> 3) Add the missing features to OPAL :
> 	- fix SIP support
> 	- Add SIP reinvite
> 	- Add Video Support

I don't know much about networking.

> 	- Add Audio Codecs plugins

Can't the code in openh323 just be reused?

> 	- Add Call Hold support
> 	- Add Call Transfert support

Again, that is networking.

> When those 3 steps are done, then we are ready to release a first beta.
> I don't have any ETA, that depends a lot on the OPAL progress, and it
> seems there is none since I started working.
> 
> We are currently at stage 1). I'm not sure it is possible to reach stage
> 3) before the end of 2005/beginning of 2006.
> 
> Not really good news, but you need to know,

Nice to see progress :-)

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