On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 04:04:34AM +0500, Roman Galeyev wrote: > Package: asterisk > Version: 1:1.4.8~dfsg-1 > Severity: wishlist > > While maintaining a lot of asterisk installations I've come to > conclusion to split up a huge single package into smaller ones, > like one package for one application, one package for codecs, > one package for basic core functions (really minimalistic). > > It could be auto-generated from asterisk menuselect (short description > for every application/functionality and dependencies). > > I've almost done the packaging for myself and definitly will use it, > but it seems to me that such splitting will be useful for others too. > > It will simplify the asterisk maintance and help tracking problems, > make /etc/asterisk look not so terrifying to a beginner, etc, > etc. > > The minor drawback is a huge list of packages like > asterisk-app-voicemail, asterisk-chan-sip, etc, in my aptitude screen, > but it could not be avoided yet, and we have an examples for that, like > openoffice.
ls /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/ |wc 164 164 2483 So I suggest you be more specific about what you want to move to subpackages. Why would you want app_voicemail.so in a separate package? What harm is it in this module lying around? One valid reason would be dependency on external libraries: odbc, pgsql, netsnmp, radius, sqlite. We have a separate asterisk-h323 . -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]