[Freeswitch-users] Major update to Download & Installation wiki

[Michael Collins]

Mario,

Many thanks! I will review this information today or tomorrow and add any
necessary feedback, edits, etc. We appreciate you taking the initiative on
this. It is not a small task.

-MC

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Mario G <mario_fs at mgtech.com> wrote:

> FYI to interested parties. I made a major replacement to the Downloads and
> Installation page http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_Guide and
> updated others. It was obvious additions over the years made this somewhat
> disorganized. This is my second contribution, after the Mac OS install and
> tips page. You can view the history tab to look at pages prior to 11/27/2010
> to see the old pages. I started with small changes due to the new Mac OS X
> in added, but then kept going since I have experience writing books and kept
> seeing things that needed changing. I tried to make this easy to understand
> and follow. This took too long, a week. Hope this helps the FreeSWITCH™
> community!
>
> A comment/opinion/request for contributions: Make the Wiki generic so it
> applies to everyone. It appears people have added info specific to their
> system. For instance, if something is optional it should be noted as that
> not implied to be mandatory for installation.
>
> NEW PAGES
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Linux_Quick_Install_Guide       <-  I made
> this generic, no references to distributions, that's the only way to keep it
> a quick install guide.
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Installation_for_Windows        <- I
> combined everything I could find on Windows
>
> UPDATED PAGES:
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Download_&_Installation_Guide   <- major
> rewrite/reorganization except for distributions I could not test, see below
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Download_FreeSWITCH     <-minor cleanup
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Quick_Start      <- minor added
> info from other Ubuntu pages
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Git_Install     <- very minor Mac OS X
> change
>
> OBSOLETE PAGES:
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Quick_and_Dirty_Install         <-
> replaced by linux quick install guide, some text moved to other pages
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Windows_email
> http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Build_deb_package_for_Ubuntu_Hardy
>
>
> DOWNLOAD & INSTALLATION GUIDE CHANGES
> It is a little more detailed but the new linux quick install guide is
> referenced at the top for a quick overview.
>
> Size went from 47k to 35k. But there is more usable information. Some of
> the changes:
>
> I tested FS installation on CentOS, Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE  to make
> sure they are up-to-date. I tried to do freebsd and ubuntu but they don't
> allow LVM installs.  I did minor edits to Arch Linux, FreeBSD, Gentoo,
> pfSense, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Cross Compiling since I could not test them.
> Some seem really out of date. If you really want to see the changes do a
> compare in history. I made the new/replacement distributions generic and
> much smaller by linking to continuation steps, no need to duplicate info 12
> times.
>
> New Distribution section has updated and simplified format (only for the
> ones I installed and tested).
>
> Reorganized so it is no longer "spagetti" documentation. Over years people
> added info without regard for where it should be placed.
>
> Rewrote the installation steps.
>
> Cleaned up text
>
> Removed duplication
>
> Added tons of links
>
> Prebuilt binaries section now combined from multiple sources.
>
> Kept all technical information
>
> Fixed prerequisites.
>
> Removed obviously obsolete information. I did not remove anything that I
> didn't know for sure was obsolete (like FS 1.0.1 stuff).
>
> Added ™ to to FreeSWITCH in text.
>
> Tried to make it more professional
>
> Moved Windows information to its own page and consolidated Windows pages. I
> have no intention is updating that information. I cleaned up text but did
> not change any technical info since I cannot verify the information.
>
>
>
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