[Freeswitch-users] Should I switch to Debian?

Discussion:

Steven Schoch

2015-05-19 21:49:47 UTC

When I set up our office PBX using FreeSwitch, I chose CentOS because I had
used it before. However, it seems that FreeSwitch is better supported on
Debian, at least for updated binary installations. It's not that big a deal
to make a new VM and move my configuration. Would it make it easier on me
in the long run to switch to a Debian machine?

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Alex Balashov

2015-05-19 21:54:51 UTC

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Carlos Ruiz Díaz

2015-05-19 22:02:44 UTC

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+1 on Alex's approach.

I used to use RPMs, but constantly waiting for them to be updated turned
into a PITA, so I switched to source code as well.

Regards,
Carlos

My personal view is that distro packaging for Freeswitch, Asterisk,
Kamailio, and most OSS VoIP elements is unreliable, inconsistent and
lopsided, so the only viable approach is to build these things from source,
always. This allows one to maintain granular version controland to apply
âpatches as needed.
If you just forget packaging and learn to love the source, you'll obviate
a vast category of problems and not waste time on fighting with packages.
It also has the positive side effect that you can support pretty much any
server distribution. Debian, CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu server, who cares?
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Jai Rangi

2015-05-19 22:34:56 UTC

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I agree with Alex, Linux is Linux, I have used Redhat, Fedora. CentOS
Ubuntu, it really does not matter.

-J

Post by Carlos Ruiz DÃaz
+1 on Alex's approach.
I used to use RPMs, but constantly waiting for them to be updated turned
into a PITA, so I switched to source code as well.
Regards,
Carlos

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Stanislav Sinyagin

2015-05-20 02:20:59 UTC

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you don't need to wait for Debian packages, and you can build them
yourself, for any revision that is required. Then the whole
installation and upgrade process is well-managed, with proper startup
scripts and permissions. I guess the RPM's are easy to build as well,
I just never needed to do that.

The package builder is failing under Ubuntu, but it's not a server
platform anyway :-))
https://freeswitch.org/jira/browse/FS-7534

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:02 AM, Carlos Ruiz Díaz

Post by Carlos Ruiz DÃaz
+1 on Alex's approach.
I used to use RPMs, but constantly waiting for them to be updated turned
into a PITA, so I switched to source code as well.
Regards,
Carlos

My personal view is that distro packaging for Freeswitch, Asterisk,
Kamailio, and most OSS VoIP elements is unreliable, inconsistent and
lopsided, so the only viable approach is to build these things from source,
always. This allows one to maintain granular version controland to apply
‎patches as needed.
If you just forget packaging and learn to love the source, you'll obviate
a vast category of problems and not waste time on fighting with packages. It
also has the positive side effect that you can support pretty much any
server distribution. Debian, CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu server, who cares?
--
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Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/, http://www.csrpswitch.com/
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Michael Jerris

2015-05-20 03:08:30 UTC

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You don't need to wait for Debian packages, they are already in our public repo. These packages will always be up to date with our latest public releases.

Post by Stanislav Sinyagin
you don't need to wait for Debian packages, and you can build them
yourself, for any revision that is required. Then the whole
installation and upgrade process is well-managed, with proper startup
scripts and permissions. I guess the RPM's are easy to build as well,
I just never needed to do that.
The package builder is failing under Ubuntu, but it's not a server
platform anyway :-))
https://freeswitch.org/jira/browse/FS-7534
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 12:02 AM, Carlos Ruiz Díaz

Post by Carlos Ruiz DÃaz
+1 on Alex's approach.
I used to use RPMs, but constantly waiting for them to be updated turned
into a PITA, so I switched to source code as well.
Regards,
Carlos

Brian West

2015-05-19 22:50:53 UTC

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I build from source because I'm one of the core devs, but end users cant
NOT be expected to do that, I'd love to have FreeSWITCH in multiple linux
distros, and we're working on exactly that. Anyone wishing to help in that
area could join us on tomorrows ClueCon Weekly, We'll be talking about 1.6
and some of these items.

Also there are companies that will not use source due to policies.

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jungle Boogie

2015-05-20 03:57:07 UTC

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I agree. This also means you can:
a) build on freeBSD!
b) have a staging area where you are following trunk/master so you're
aware of what to expect from new releases and test in advance.
c) better understand the project.
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