[Web-meetme-devel] Development Roadmap FYI

[Dan A. <Dan...@Ph...>]

This is heads-up about future development efforts
for Web-MeetMe.

Just today the core scheduling features of app_cbmysql
were merge into app_meetme in the Asterisk SVN repository.
There will be a new release of Web-MeetMe intended for
use with Asterisk 1.6 when it is released, and at that
time app_cbmysql will be depreciated.

Unfortunately the database column names in existing
installations do not match what will be used by=20
app_meetme.  So there will be an upgrade script included
to rename the database columns, and it is also likely
that there will be a roll-back script to allow an
installation to be reset back to the original names.

This also means changes to the PHP code in the web
UI to handle the new column names.

The current 3.X branch of Web-MeetMe, including app_cbmysql
should work with Asterisk 1.6 and will be maintained
for some time.

Advantages:
	More developer eyes on the scheduling code
	Elimination of the cbEnd.php script
	Opens the door to adding audio menu option to
		extend a conference in progress
	Database options.  Using the RealTime options
		in app_meetme with ODBC means we are no
		longer limited to using MySQL

Disadvantages:
	Upgrading.  It is possible install and test
		new versions of the 2.X and 3.X web interfaces
		in parallel with an existing setup.  This
		will not work with 4.0

It looks like Asterisk 1.6 may be available a lot
sooner than expected, so I will be working on the
changes required to be ready for that release.

Dan