Ekiga 3.0 [LSARC/2008/650 FastTrack timeout 10/31/2008]
Irene Huang
Irene.Huang at sun.com
Thu Oct 30 20:18:37 PDT 2008
Hi, all
I am closing this case as approved.
Thanks
--Irene
Irene Huang wrote:
> Hi, all
>
> This case is due time out on Oct 31st. Any further issues, please send
> an email before timeout.
>
> Thanks
>
> --Irene
> Elaine Xiong wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> The name comes from the community. There is another D-Bus service
>> called org.ekiga.Helper.service, which I forgot to add it to the
>> original one-pager. The attached one-pager corrects this mistake, and
>> the iLBC audio plugin is removed from the exported interfaces as it
>> is a non-free codec.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> BR,
>> Elaine
>> John Fischer wrote:
>>> Elaine,
>>>
>>> The D-Bus service name seems to have a redundant
>>> name of ekiga and Ekiga. I looked at an installed
>>> system and noted that most other D-Bus services
>>> do not have this redundancy with xchat being the
>>> only exception but still different. Is this D-Bus
>>> service name established by the community? If not
>>> then please remove the redundancy. If so then fine
>>> but please work with the community to see about
>>> removing the redundancy.
>>>
>>> Irene,
>>>
>>> Will there be a contract created for OpenLDAP?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 22:10, Shi-Ying Irene Huang wrote:
>>>
>>>> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI
>>>> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
>>>> 1. Introduction
>>>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>>>> Ekiga 3.0
>>>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>>>> Author: Elaine Xiong
>>>> 1.3 Date of This Document:
>>>> 22 October, 2008
>>>> 4. Technical Description
>>>> 1. Introduction
>>>> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
>>>>
>>>> Ekiga 3.0
>>>>
>>>> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
>>>>
>>>> Elaine Xiong
>>>>
>>>> 1.3. Date of This Document:
>>>>
>>>> 10/13/08
>>>>
>>>> 1.4. Name of Major Document Customer(s)/Consumer(s):
>>>>
>>>> 1.4.1. The PAC or CPT you expect to review your project:
>>>>
>>>> Solaris PAC
>>>>
>>>> 1.4.2. The ARC(s) you expect to review your project:
>>>>
>>>> LSARC
>>>>
>>>> 1.4.3. The Director/VP who is "Sponsoring" this project:
>>>>
>>>> robert.odea at sun.com
>>>>
>>>> 1.4.4. The name of your business unit:
>>>>
>>>> New Solaris Group / Desktop
>>>>
>>>> 1.5. Email Aliases:
>>>>
>>>> 1.5.1. Responsible Manager:
>>>>
>>>> leo.binchy at sun.com
>>>>
>>>> 1.5.2. Responsible Engineer:
>>>>
>>>> elaine.xiong at sun.com
>>>>
>>>> 1.5.3. Marketing Manager:
>>>>
>>>> glynn.foster at sun.com
>>>>
>>>> 1.5.4. Interest List:
>>>>
>>>> desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
>>>>
>>>> 2. Project Summary
>>>> 2.1. Project Description:
>>>>
>>>> The current version of Ekiga shipped in SNV is 2.0.12.
>>>>
>>>> This project upgrades Ekiga 2.0.12 to the latest major release 3.0.
>>>> Ekiga 3.0 provides several major enhancements. Refer to section 4.1
>>>> for details on the new features.
>>>>
>>>> 2.2. Risks and Assumptions:
>>>>
>>>> Ekiga 3.0 depends on OPAL VoIP libraries that implement the main VOIP
>>>> protocols. The libraries includes PTLib and Opal that might be changed
>>>> in the future. PTLib is the new name of PWLib that Ekiga 2.x depends
>>>> on. The name change reflects the removal of the GUI code from PWLib,
>>>> which part of code Ekiga never uses.
>>>>
>>>> Ekiga 3.0 depends on OpenLDAP that hasn't been integrated into SNV
>>>> yet. SunLDAP and OpenLDAP APIs diverge in a great many ways thereby
>>>> patches are needed to make Ekiga 3.0 work with SunLDAP for the time
>>>> being. The patches will be removed once OpenLDAP integration is done.
>>>>
>>>> 4. Technical Description:
>>>> 4.1. Details:
>>>>
>>>> Ekiga is a VoIP, IP Telephony, and Video Conferencing application
>>>> that allows users to make audio and video calls to remote users with
>>>> SIP or H.323 compatible hardware and software. It supports many audio
>>>> and video codecs and all modern VoIP features for both SIP and H.323.
>>>>
>>>> All user configuration for Ekiga 3.0 is backwards compatible with
>>>> Ekiga 2.x so that users can switch between the two versions without
>>>> any effect on their configuration choices.
>>>>
>>>> Ekiga 3.0 provides the following new major features:
>>>>
>>>> Graphical User Interface
>>>> * New user interface with a buddy list
>>>> * Accelerated video display - XVideo
>>>> * Nice incoming call notifications
>>>> * Easier configuration assistant
>>>> * New quality meter in the status bar
>>>> * Buddy list with extended status information
>>>> * Displays network neighbors in the buddy list
>>>> * Better keyboard shortcuts
>>>> * Automatic account completion in the URL bar
>>>> * New chat window
>>>> * New address book supporting Evolution contacts, LDAP contacts and more
>>>> * New account window allowing easier account creation
>>>> * New call panel
>>>>
>>>> Codecs
>>>> * THEORA
>>>> * Framerate up to 30 FPS
>>>> * Resolutions (up to 704x576) (at best it is DVD quality)
>>>> * Audio and video codecs as plugins
>>>>
>>>> SIP Support
>>>> * SIP/SIMPLE presence support
>>>> * Line monitoring with software like Asterisk
>>>> * Custom presence message support
>>>> * Dynamic detection of network interfaces
>>>> * Register/unregister accounts on interfaces going up and down
>>>> * Better NAT traversal
>>>> * SIP requests originated from a unique port
>>>> * Support for several network interfaces at the same time (e.g. VPN and normal network)
>>>> * Full SIP capabilities exchange for codecs (unique in the Open Source world)
>>>> * SIP INFO DTMF support
>>>> * Possibility to send SMS using the Ekiga Call Out account
>>>>
>>>> 4.2. Bug/RFE Number(s):
>>>>
>>>> CR6762807
>>>>
>>>> 4.3. In Scope:
>>>>
>>>> see above.
>>>>
>>>> 4.4. Out of Scope:
>>>>
>>>> see above.
>>>>
>>>> 4.5. Interfaces:
>>>>
>>>> Exported Interface
>>>>
>>>> Interface Name Classification Comment
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> /usr/lib/ekiga/libpt.so.2 Project Private PTLib library
>>>> /usr/lib/ekiga/libopal.so.3 Project Private OPAL library
>>>> /usr/lib/ekiga/opal/codecs/ Project Private OPAL g726 audio plugin
>>>> audio/g726_audio_pwplugin.so
>>>> /usr/lib/ekiga/opal/codecs/ Project Private OPAL gsm audio plugin
>>>> audio/gsm0610_audio_pwplugin.so
>>>> /usr/lib/ekiga/opal/codecs/ Project Private OPAL ms-gsm audio plugin
>>>> audio/gsmamrcodec_pwplugin.so
>>>> /usr/lib/ekiga/opal/codecs/ Project Private OPAL iLBC audio plugin
>>>> audio/ilbc_audio_pwplugin.so
>>>> /usr/lib/ekiga/opal/codecs/ Project Private OPAL H.261 video plugin
>>>> video/h261-vic_video_pwplugin.so
>>>> /usr/lib/ekiga/opal/codecs/ Project Private OPAL THEORA video plugin
>>>> video/theora_video_pwplugin.so
>>>> /usr/share/doc/SUNWgnome-meeting Project Private License files
>>>> /usr/share/omf/ekiga Project Private OMF directory
>>>> /usr/share/dbus-1/services/ Volatile D-BUS service file
>>>> org.ekiga.Ekiga.service
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Imported Interface
>>>>
>>>> Interface Classification ARC case Comment
>>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> GNOME Libraries Committed LSARC 2008/510 GTK+ library
>>>> D-BUS Volatile LSARC 2006/368 D-BUS library
>>>> OpenLDAP Volatile PSARC 2008/507 OpenLDAP library
>>>> Avahi Volatile LSARC 2007/464 Avahi library
>>>> Libsigc++ Volatile LSARC 2008/074 Sigc++ library
>>>> Libtheora Volatile LSARC 2008/510 THEORA codec library
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 4.6. Doc Impact:
>>>>
>>>> Help docs.
>>>>
>>>> 4.7. Admin/Config Impact:
>>>>
>>>> None.
>>>>
>>>> 4.8. HA Impact:
>>>>
>>>> None.
>>>>
>>>> 4.9. I18N/L10N Impact:
>>>>
>>>> The JDS team and the G11N are working together to evaluate and
>>>> provide I18N/L10N support.
>>>>
>>>> 4.10. Packaging & Delivery:
>>>>
>>>> SUNWgnome-meeting (base package), approximately 15Mb.
>>>>
>>>> 4.11. Security Impact:
>>>>
>>>> The JDS team and Ekiga community work together to identify
>>>> and fix any security issues found. The Ekiga community
>>>> provides us with security patches for issues they have identified.
>>>>
>>>> 4.12. Dependencies:
>>>>
>>>> The following versions of the imported interfaces are required:
>>>> GNOME 2.24
>>>> D-BUS 1.2.3
>>>> OpenLDAP 2.4.11
>>>> Avahi 0.6.23
>>>> Libsigc++ 2.0
>>>> Libtheora 1.0
>>>>
>>>> 5. Reference Documents:
>>>>
>>>> [1] Ekiga homepage:
>>>> http://www.ekiga.org
>>>> PTLib and Opal homepage:
>>>> http://www.opalvoip.org/
>>>>
>>>> [2] Related ARC cases:
>>>> LSARC 2008/510: Gnome 2.24
>>>> LSARC 2006/368: D-BUS Message Bus System
>>>> PSARC 2008/507: OpenLDAP for OpenSolaris
>>>> LSARC 2007/464: Avahi and libdaemon
>>>> LSARC 2008/074: Gtkmm, Glibmm, Cairomm and libsigc++ for Indiana
>>>> LSARC 2006/182: Ekiga: a videoconferencing and VOIP/IP-Telephony application
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 6. Resources and Schedule
>>>> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>>>> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
>>>> Desktop
>>>> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>>>> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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