Thanks Lonnie. I'm still playing with it.
I hear the long term support concerns. Let's see what others think.
Truthfully I recently caught on to it. So I am excited about it. Besides
the cleaner logic I am not yet sure I see much more other value.
If others have more experience with it I would love to hear feedback.
On Apr 3, 2013 10:18 PM, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Per David's request, I've done some research with Lua Dialplans, here is a
> good starting reference:
>
> Lua Dialplan Configuration
> https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Lua+Dialplan+Configuration
>
> I'd like to get some feedback from others, particularly if we should
> enable pbx_lua by default.
>
> It seems the Lua integration is done in a fairly general way, so when a
> new function or application is added pbx_lua does not need to change (it
> seems).
>
> Some here might like the feature to use "luac" to compile a dialplan to
> obscure custom development work from prying eyes, though Lua decompilers
> exist and may render this idea moot.
>
>
> Anyway, I'd like to have a discussion if we should build pbx_lua in
> AstLinux 1.1.2 ? My biggest concern is if we choose to do this then we are
> locked into supporting this for the long run.
>
> Lonnie
>
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2013, at 7:17 PM, Lonnie Abelbeck wrote:
>
> > Good question.
> >
> > We intentionally build with --without-lua in asterisk.mk, but could
> readdress that if there is enough interest.
> >
> > My worry is what happens if Lua dialplans are not fully supported as
> time goes on ? Do dialplans work 'perfectly' in Lua ? What about those
> pesky quote, double quote and backslash character conventions in the
> standard dialplan, it that clear in Lua ?
> >
> > Recently I had the chance to do some coding in Lua, and I liked it, but
> the Lua -> Asterisk translation is what worries me. Though I really don't
> know how that is done, so I'm saying that somewhat out of ignorance.
> >
> > Clearly it would not be difficult to enable pbx_lua in asterisk, but we
> also don't want to steer our users down the wrong patch.
> >
> > Lonnie
> >
> >
> > On Mar 31, 2013, at 12:12 PM, David | StyleFlare wrote:
> >
> >> Hello List, seeing that the new release includes lua support, I thought
> >> it my be nice to add the pbx_lua module?
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
>
>
>
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