Subject: events

From: Himanshoo SaK Saxena <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 07:35:56 -0700

Hello,
I am part of a team that is implementing MF package for MGCP.I don't know where I should submit my querries since there is no list for  available for MGCP. If there is one pls. let me know.
My querry is related to events in MGCP. A number of events are grouped in package. I thought the idea of package was just ot group a number of similar events in an entity, known as package. But there are a few events which exist in more than one package. To elaborate my question let me give an example. There could be an event 'A' which exists is packages X & Y. So endpoint 'ep1', which supports package X of MGCP, will have to interpret this hardware event as X/A, while for endpoint 'ep2' , supporting package Y , the same signal (event ) on hardware shall be interpretted as Y/A.
I don't understand the reason of keeping the same event in two packages . I think grouping of events in packages should be based on similarity in events. But it seems some packages have been defined based on the application. For example 'handset emulation package' has some events that are common with 'line package'. Defining a package like this causes confusion since now, if I were to identify a hardware event, I will have to see if my endpoint supports 'handset emulation package' or 'line package'.
My point is, Isn't it wrong to have common events in packages. A package (and the events taht it contains), should be added only if there is need for extra event. In case somebody wants to support events for a new type of endpoint then instead of defining a new package for that end point, which contains some events that are already defined in some other package , won't it make sense to add only the new events to specification. This way interpretation of event is not dependent on the type of endpoint.

Thanks & Regards
Himanshoo

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