Edward Dunagin-Dunigan Bozeman, MT 59718 mobile 406-570-0992 Land line 406-556-7282 EKIGA: sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://doas.montanalinux.org
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 9:45 AM, John hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Damien Sandras wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Without feedback : >> - do we consider that people are too lazy to test and that no test has >> been done >> - do we consider that it works well >> ? >> >> Le mercredi 29 octobre 2008 à 23:19 +0100, yannick a écrit : >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> We are currently in the process to switch the softwares used for the >>> ekiga.net service. Before the real switch, we need some people to test >>> it. >>> >>> To use the improved service, you just need to configure ekiga 3.0 to use >>> an inbound proxy (in Edit -> Preferences -> SIP Settings -> Outbound >>> Proxy): set it as "ekiga.net:6060". The rest is just similar to the >>> current use of ekiga.net >>> >>> You need to use the stable release of Ekiga 3.0 (3.0.0, or 3.0.1) to >>> test the new system. Our current Ekiga trunk (SVN) has its outbound >>> proxy broken at the moment. >>> >>> We also have a new web interface to register accounts: >>> http://ekiga.net/yannick/weboser/ >>> Warning: All new account created using this new web interface will be >>> deleted once we will do the real switch. >>> >>> We are waiting your feedback. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Yannick >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ekiga-devel-list mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-devel-list >>> > > I would be delighted to assist in testing however, I've yet to succeed in > building a runnable version of 3.0 (on Hardy) As I expressed in an email > last year, I desperately need something like Ekiga using H264 to enable deaf > users to control video/sound bandwidth and picture quality vs frame-rate > (for lip-reading) . As this means installing on a variety of > machines/operating systems, I see no real prospect of this until Ekiga > becomes a simple one-step downloadable package. Please don't get me wrong, > I think Damien, Yannick and others are doing a wonderful job and I'm > extremely grateful for the (unpaid) effort that's going in but all the > while it relies on a high degree of skill to actually get it going, Ekiga > will remain in a tiny specialist backwater. > > I used to have reasonable programming skills and at one stage was a UNIX > system administrator and would help if I could (sadly I've forgotten too > much I think) but it concerns me that if I think this is complex, what's it > going to look like to an "average" user? > > Much of the problem as I see it relates to the assumption that end users are > aware of the function of the various dependencies (ptlib etc) and > understand terms such as NAT and STUN etc. A simple glossary of terms may go > a long way to de-mystifying the building process. > > Apologies if this seems like a criticism, I'm a great fan but sometimes you > have to stand back and look at it from a users point of view. Here is another user like John. I had Ekiga 2 working about 6 months ago but can't seem to get it working now. I'm running Kubuntu Intrepid. Can't seem to even contact the test site, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have not tried Ekiga 3 for I can't seem to get 2 running. (maybe I'll go ahead and download 3)<sigh><g> Peace.........................ed _______________________________________________ ekiga-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/ekiga-list
