[Asterisk-bsd] The future of 4.X support was [zaptel-bsd]

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

I tried to use 4.x but had many strange problems (hangups, voice prompts
that wouldn't play, no answers).  I posted to this list but no one seemed
to care.  So I think that adoption based on support for 4.x is
non-existant.

j

On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, Dr. Rich Murphey wrote:

> There are ISPs and service providers that stick with 4.x for performance
> (and thus scalability).  The perforance gaps may eventually be elminated,
> but meanwhile, abandoning 4.x may affect adoption by those that
> might use it heavily.
>
> Still, it's understandable that -stable would be the most reasonble focus,
> if any.  I only mention this to illustrate a trade-off.
>
> Cheers,
> Rich
>
>
>
>
> William Lloyd wrote:
>
> > Anyone setting up a new server these days is going to be using 5.x
> > rather than 4.x
> >
> > Better to have Asterisk work well on one version of FreeBSD than to
> > kinda work on two.
> >
> > -bill
> >
> > On 26-Sep-05, at 7:45 AM, Kim Culhan wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Chris Stenton <jacs at gnome.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I think the problem is that the code will become unreadable.
> >>>
> >>> End of Life for 4.X is scheduled for January 2007 with only
> >>> critical fixes
> >>> being available from now until then.
> >>>
> >>> Support for 4.X is expected to dwindle sooner in the ports tree. It
> >>> is not a
> >>> requirement for a port to be backwards compatible to be included in
> >>> the
> >>> ports tree.
> >>>
> >>> As zaptel/asterisk has never run that well under 4.X my vote would
> >>> be to
> >>> drop support for it.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Absolutely agreed, gonzo what do you think about this ?
> >>
> >> -kim
> >>
> >>
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