Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
If there are problems in 1004's asterisk they will get fixed, if usable trac tickets are created, and people revisit those tickets to answer questions, and/or visit IRC to talk to foxi directly about it. But first, open tickets for each and every asterisk problem you encounter.btw: Asterisk is working nicely for me under LinuxMCE 1004 with some grandstream phones and a single SIP channel to a provider.