Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:35:01 GMT From: pmc@citylink.dinoex.sub.org (Peter Much) To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ISDN4BSD removal (was: FreeBSD 6.4 and 8.0 EoLs coming soon) Message-ID: <L9x6yD.1M0q@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> References: <201009011653.o81Grkm4056064@fire.js.berklix.net> <slrni8c5gj.1eap.vadim_nuclight@kernblitz.nuclight.avtf.net> <4C8627A6.1090308@icyb.net.ua> <opviol28ky17d6mn@nuclight>
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<vadim_nuclight@mail.ru> aka Vadim Goncharov schrieb mit Datum Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:31:46 +0700 in m2n.fbsd.stable: |You do not understand the problem. It is not in notices & volunteers, but |rather in the Project's policy - delete something which could still work. |Personally, I don't use ISDN, so didn't said anything that time, but now, Hi all, at this point I would like to speak up, because I am practically using ISDN4BSD. I just decided to upgrade to RELENG-8, and found out that I cannot. So now I have 1 1/2 years (until 7.3 EOL) to figure out a solution. I will not complain, because I think people here do an incredible good work, and the only very small thing I can contribute is occasional bug reports and sometimes patches. But what I want to say is: It is *NOT TRUE* that the I4B feature has become of limited usefulness today! I am using I4B as an answering machine for my phone-line, with the feature to monitor these calls and to download them as MP3 from anywhere in the world (could even be a web-interface, but I hadn't yet the time to write that). I don't want everybody to know my cellular nr; I don't want to (costly) forward calls to my cellular; but I want to be able to monitor and react on calls nevertheless! This is very easy and very comfortable - and currently I have no idea which other equipment could provide me with such functionality (if any would exist at all). And - my router is running anyway, it doesn't consume extra power when doing this - in fact, I think this is one of the most useful things one can do with a computer that is kept running all the time... So, I am sure my demand for this functionality will continue to exist for an indefinite time into the future, and in fact I am sad. To be honest, I am quite clueless now. Theoretically I do understand the problem with I4B. (Practically I do not understand it, because for me it has nothing to do with networking - I do only use the phone call monitoring/handling.) But staying with 7.3 will cut me off from other improvements/fixes, which I would much enjoy. Anyway, there is another open issue for me: my ISDN adapter card is ISA technology, so I will have to get a PCI type card as soon as I replace the mainboard of that system (which is imminent because it's too slow and too power-consuming - the ISDN being the main reason why I didnt do that already). But maybe, now I should look for some completely different approach? Any clues, ideas, pointers, hints, ressources,... are greatly welcomed!! rgds, PMc
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