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2006-Oct-28 14:31 UTC
[asterisk-users] Queues: roundrobin w/ reset ("circular call distribution")
It looks like this issue has been raised before, but I see it mostly ignored and no answers given, so here it is again: For the past couple of years, I've wanted a queue that works very similarly to roundrobin/rrmemory, but that doesn't remember anything about where the last ring went to. This new strategy would always start at the first member (as defined in queues.conf) when a new call came in. I actually coded up a simple version of this (that I've been using for a couple of years) which I called "roundrobinreset". The only problem is I coded that for 0.9.0 and am now moving to 1.2.13 and would like to not have to port that code every time I move versions. I'd be willing to port it one more time to this version if there's a chance of it getting integrated. Alternatively, am I missing some method through the current features where I could accomplish this? There are references to being able to implement "circular call distribution" (which is the unofficial name for what I'm talking about, I think) here: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+config+queues.conf and in mailing list posts, but I've tried that using the "penalty" approach and it doesn't seem to work. As other users have noted, the call just hangs on the lowest penalty member and never moves off of it. So what's up w/ this? What approach should I follow? Adding another queue strategy? Thanks, John Lawler