Deprecating chan_vpb. It is now preferred that users of Voicetronix products

use chan_zap in combination with their zaptel drivers.



git-svn-id: https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.4@100418 65c4cc65-6c06-0410-ace0-fbb531ad65f3

UPGRADE.txt

@@ -384,6 +384,11 @@ The Agent channel:
   channel and module locks (which frequently caused deadlocks). An example of
   how to do this using AEL dialplan is in doc/queues-with-callback-members.txt.
 
+The VPB channel:
+
+* chan_vpb has been deprecated in favor of using chan_zap in combination with
+  the Zaptel drivers provided by Voicetronix
+
 The G726-32 codec:
 
 * It has been determined that previous versions of Asterisk used the wrong codeword

channels/chan_vpb.cc

@@ -2863,6 +2863,12 @@ int load_module()
 	int bal2 = -1; 
 	int bal3 = -1;
 	char * callerid = NULL;
+	static int deprecation_warning = 1;
+
+	if (deprecation_warning) {
+		ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "chan_vpb has been deprecated in favor of chan_zap in combination with Voicetronix's Zaptel drivers\n");
+		deprecation_warning = 0;
+	}
 
 	cfg = ast_config_load(config);