Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Questions regarding upcoming sip support.

[Bruno Hertz <brrhtz yahoo de>]

On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 17:25 +0100, Damien Sandras wrote:
> A more precise answer:
> 
> - A version able to do and receive pure audio calls and to register to a
> registrar is already in CVS.
> - A version able to support call forwarding/call hold/DTMFs/call
> transfer/MWI should appear in CVS around January as I will work on this
> during my Christmas break.
> 
> For video, and things like plugin codecs and so on, I entirely rely on
> the OPAL schedule. I think that if we are realistic, the first Beta's
> could popup around April, and a stable release could be done in June.
> 
> Notice that if we want to take extra time to make sure the release is
> perfect, we can count 9 months from now on. That would mean September.
> 
> Of course, we will do intermediate binaries and unstable releases before
> that, and they will already be usable even though not all features will
> be present.
> 
> To be honnest, I think that we won't need more time for 2.00 with SIP
> than for 1.2 without it. OPAL is a quality project thanks to the hard
> work of Craig and Robert. It just needs testing and new features, we
> will implement them with their help.

This is great news. Final question hence: is it generally possible to
simultaneously install different version of gm, including it's
dependencies, in nondefault installation directories? Don't need
details like 'set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH to ...', only if it works and
a word on how hard it is to set up.

Thanks a lot, Bruno.