strvoip 0.9.2.3 Released

Description: OpenSS7 Old News.

Approved for Immediate Release

Jun 24, 2007
OpenSS7 today announced Release 0.9.2.3 of the OpenSS7 ISDN Stacks strvoip package.

(Edmonton, Alberta -- Jun 24, 2007)   OpenSS7 today announced Release 0.9.2.3 of the OpenSS7 ISDN Stacks strvoip package. This release is the third separate release of the OpenSS7 STREAMS VOIP package. Some of the components in this package were formerly present in the strss7 package. Various networking drivers are provided as well as CDI, DLPI, NPI, TPI and CCI header files for VOIP operation. The package contains the necessary manual pages and other documentation for VOIP components in a separate autoconf tarball.

The OpenSS7 STREAMS VOIP package includes kernel modules, SVR 4.2 STREAMS drivers, modules, libraries, utilities, test programs, daemons, and development environment for the development and execution of OpenSS7 STREAMS VOIP applications for the SVR 4.2 STREAMS environment.

This is the third open source release of the OpenSS7 STREAMS VOIP package. This release contains modules and drivers formerly only available with Commercial releases of the strss7 package and which are only recently available as open source with the release of this package.

With OpenSS7 Master Package release openss7-0.9.2.D, the VOIP components were separated from the strss7 package and placed in this package. Not all of the VOIP components previously part of the strss7 package have been strapped into this release. Components will be re-validated against Linux Fast-STREAMS on a module-by-module and driver-by-driver basis. See TODO in the release, or Schedule, in the manual, for information about the release schedule.

The major component first available is H.323 call control. h323(4) is a STREAMS multiplexing driver that links tcp(4) or sctp(4) streams to form an H.323 Gatekeeper.

Subsequent releases in 3Q 2007 will include the additional full H.323, SIP-T and GCP drivers with conformance test suites.

This package is currently incomplete. It is being released as a reference point for the community. If you are interested in completion of this package, contact info@openss7.com. This release is a maintenance release providing support for recent distributions and tool chains.

Major features since the last public release are as follows:

• Dramatic performance improvements enabled by Linux Fast-STREAMS.
• Support build on openSUSE 10.2.
• Support build on Fedora 7 with 2.6.21 kernel.
• Support build on CentOS 5.0 (RHEL5).
• Support build on Ubuntu 7.04.
• Updated to gettext 0.16.1.
• Changes to support build on 2.6.20-1.2307.fc5 and 2.6.20-1.2933.fc6 kernel.
• Supports build on Fedora Core 6.
• Support for recent distributions and tool chains.

This is a public beta release of the package: it deprecates previous releases. Please upgrade to the current release before reporting bugs. Please see README-alpha in the release.

As with other OpenSS7 releases, this release configures, compiles, installs and builds RPMs and DEBs for a wide range of Linux 2.4 and 2.6 RPM- and DPKG-based distributions, and can be used on production kernels without patching or recompiling the kernel.

This package is publicly released under the GNU Public License Version 2. The release is available as an autoconf tarball, SRPM, DSC, and set of binary RPMs and DEBs. See the downloads page for the autoconf tarballs, SRPMs and DSCs. See the strvoip package page for tarballs, SRPMs, DSCs, and binary RPMs and DEBs.

See ChangeLog and NEWS in the release for more information. Also, see the strvoip.pdf manual in the release (also in html here).

About The OpenSS7 Project

The OpenSS7 Project is an opensource development project (called OpenSS7) to provide a robust and GPL'ed SS7, SIGTRAN, ISDN and VoIP signalling stack for Linux and other UN*X operating systems. The OpenSS7 Project has existed in one form or another since 1996. For dowloads and further information, see the project website.

About OpenSS7 Corporation

OpenSS7 Corporation is the world-leading supplier of OpenSource SS7, SIGTRAN, ISDN and VoIP signalling products and services that enable the Next Generation Network. A staunch supporter of the Open Source development model, OpenSS7 Corporation funds and supports The OpenSS7 Project by providing commercial licensing, training, consulting, development and support for products delivered from The OpenSS7 Project. For more information on OpenSS7 Corporation, please visit our corporate website.

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