Bug#682010: alternatives to mumble

[Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.com.au>]

This is not a comment in support of or against Mumble, rather, it is
looking beyond Mumble

A few weeks ago I put up a wiki page about alternatives to mumble:

   http://wiki.debian.org/AlternativesToMumble

and I've put up an ITP (sponsor needed) for SylkServer (supports SIP,
Jabber and IRC conferencing)

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=682698

Ultimately, the widespread deployment of standards-based solutions (such
as SylkServer and others mentioned in the wiki) should eliminate any
need for anyone to run Mumble and then celt can be put to rest.

It should be emphasized that many of the open solutions using standard
codecs interact very well.  The only reason Mumble has become prominent
is the convenience of setting it up compared to something like Asterisk
MeetMe.

For example, I run an Asterisk `MeetMe' conference room with about 5
codecs enabled.  I call in from a Polycom SIP phone on my desk, another
person calls in from a Google Talk client on iPhone (using Jabber).
Completely different platforms, standard codecs, all works together.

It would be good to get feedback on the ITP and wiki and maybe even a
sponsor?