Ive been using astlinux for well over 5 years.. when I started using it, flash
memory was expensive, very few writes allowed, embedded hardware choices were
few and far between…
1u servers were expensive, and often used specialized fans that failed on a
fairly regular basis, and ran hot inside causing hard drive failure as well…
It took a good deal of linux knowledge to be able to build a slimmed down
installation,compile zaptel,libpri, asterisk etc and get them to run… at that
time linux was pretty much just for computer geeks, and advanced ones at that…
Astlinux was a very welcome site.. prebuilt images, complete with everything
installed and ready to go.. burn the image to a fairly low cost 128 MB flash
card, plug it into a soekris net4801 and you had a working asterisk system
ready to go….
Fast forward to today… asterisk and linux how-to’s are all over the internet..
if you don’t want to roll your own asterisk,it even exists in RPM format for
the easy to install redhat-variants of linux….
Mini-ITX 1u servers with dual core processors, reliable ball bearing variable
speed fans, 16 gigs of CF memory or SSD disc.. can be built easily all for
$300 or less (the cost of a soekris net5501 and case)…
Astlinux has some core issues with several pretty popular asterisk modules
unavailable because astlinux is built against uclibc instead of glibc… I
recently ran into this myself.. and after 5 years of good solid astlinux use I
found it necessary to roll my own as I needed functionality of modules running
against glibc….
Yes buildroot can be built against glibc, however there are LOTS of modules /
packages in astlinux.. and I venture lots of time required to make such a major
change….
I have enough knowledge to get things done but have no idea how to even start
making a library change…
But my main point is to question whether astlinux is reaching the end of its
most useful purpose as it had when it was first born… ???
-Christopher
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 8:34 AM
To: AstLinux Users Mailing List
Cc: AstLinux Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] Stepping aside
Philip,
As a mere end user of AstLinux, I'm unaware of the behind-the-scenes
inter-workings of the contributors. Regardless, I'm saddened by this
development.
Thank you for the contributions you have brought to AstLinux over the years and
for the support you have provided to those of us who sometimes find this a bit
mystifying.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: "Philip Prindeville" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 12:34am
To: "AstLinux Users Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Astlinux-users] Stepping aside
Hello all,
After making major contributions to this project for 2-1/2 years now, and
recently trying to establish some sorts of best practices for development
(regular conference calls, code reviews, guidelines for commits and migrating
patches into release branches, etc) and getting no traction from the rest of
the contributors, I find it unrewarding to continue in a vacuum.
I've come to this decision after several months of stalemate in efforts to
ameliorate our processes.
I'll be staying on contributing the occasional bug fix as I need for my own
circumstances, but I'll be shifting the bulk of my attention to other projects
where collaboration flows a little more organically. Someone else will need to
make the major development contributions if the project is to maintain momentum.
I've tried over the last year and a half to find outside talent to bolster our
development effort, but the specificity of the project means it has a narrow
appeal, and hence a small audience from which to recruit.
I thank the users for their many expressions of appreciation.
I'll be present in the community as a user, so I'll still be around in one form
or another.
-Philip
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