[GnomeMeeting-devel-list] GnomeMeeting 1.3.0 HOWTO

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Hello,

If you want to test GnomeMeeting 1.3.0, and want it installed together
with GnomeMeeting 1.2.1, here is a short HOWTO.

1) GnomeMeeting 1.3.0 is in the "opal" branch of CVS, it is mirrored on
http://snapshots.seconix.com/cvs/
You also need PWLib and OPAL to compile it, but not OpenH323.

2) PWLib and OPAL can be compiled the usual way :
      - ./configure --prefix=/usr
      - make
      - make install

3) If you want to install it in parallel with GnomeMeeting 1.2.1, there
are a few things to do :
      - intltool won't work with --program-suffix, so you have
        to do a few things manually:
            * rename gnomemeeting.desktop.in.in to    
              gnomemeeting-snapshot.desktop.in.in
            * rename gnomemeeting.schemas.in.in to
              gnomemeeting-snapshot.schemas.in.in
            * rename gnomemeeting.service.in to
              gnomemeeting-snapshot.service.in
            * rename src/gnomemeeting.server to
              src/gnomemeeting-snapshot.server
      - Edit gnomemeeting-snapshot.desktop.in.in, and replace the
        name by GnomeMeeting - Snapshot
      - Edit configure.in, change "gnomemeeting" into       
        "gnomemeeting-snapshot" in AC_INIT
      - use the --program-suffix=-snapshot parameter to autogen.sh:
        ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc 
        --program-suffix=-snapshot
	(this will ensure that the manpage, the binary and
         gnomemeeting-config-tool are installed with -snapshot 
         as suffix)
      - make
      - make install

You will have gnomemeeting and gnomemeeting-snapshot available at the
same time on your machine and using 2 separate configuration spaces,
including for GConf.

The current version already works very well with H.323 and SIP.
The big features that are still missing are :
      - Call Transfert
      - Call Hold
      - SIP Reinvite
      - Text Chat with SIP
      - Video

But you can already :
      - Place and receive calls
      - See your history (except with H.323)
      - Have call forwarding
      - Use DTMFs
      - Register to several SIP Registrars at the same time
      - Have notifications when you receive a VoiceMail
      - + all the classical features of GnomeMeeting, including NAT 
        support, and statistics that were not so easy to add back!

There are a few known bugs :
      - you will have problems on hosts with several IP addresses (OPAL)
      - Silence Detection is broken (OPAL)
      - iLBC is broken (OPAL)
      - The GUI doesn't prevent you to register to 2 gatekeepers (GM)
      - Calling yourself can crash you (OPAL)
      - Callto URLs do not work

Except all this, I'm using it on a daily basis with Asterisk. So please
be patient if you encounter minor issues. The work that has been
accomplished since I started porting it and working on OPAL is even
impressing me ;)
-- 
 _      Damien Sandras
(o-     GnomeMeeting: http://www.gnomemeeting.org/
//\     FOSDEM 2005 : http://www.fosdem.org
v_/_    H.323 phone : callto:ils.seconix.com/dsandras seconix com