Heads up: removing OpenSER from Debian

[Bogdan-Andrei Iancu]

Hi everyone,

With respect to the purpose of this list, I consider it is out of topic 
to re-start the old OpenSER/OpenSIPS/kamailio story. There are too many 
delicate things to be consider here, and IMHO only the future (read 
years) will may sort this out.

The OpenSER project was started by Voice System company and the OpenSER 
project got where it got thanks to the man-power and financial effort of 
this company. So, VS is the one to be entitle as "father" of the project 
and credited with the "ownership" of the project. Maybe some people 
agreed to rename OpenSER to Kamailio, maybe other (including Voice 
System) renamed it as OpenSIPS (check www.openser.org btw).

So, my suggestion is to drop the topic, especially that the judgement 
for it is not a matter of the package maintainers.

In respect to the involved projects and people, I suggest (from Debian 
maintaining point of view) a very neutral approach: drop OpenSER 
packages with no migration (end of line) and add as new packages both 
OpenSIPS and Kamailio (of course if there is somebody willing to 
maintain them).

just my 2cents in trying to move on with this in a decent way.

Thanks and regards,
Bogdan

Julien BLACHE wrote:
> Philipp Kempgen <philipp.kempgen at amooma.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>   
>> Should one of the alternatives "win" in Debian? Which one?
>>     
>
> It's a no-brainer: OpenSER was renamed to Kamailio. EOT.
>
> OpenSIPS would be a natural second choice if nobody was willing to
> package Kamailio.
>
> JB.
>
>