[asterisk-dev] chan_skinny fixes

[Russell Bryant]

Andy Powell wrote:
> I'm sorry but that is just wrong in so many ways. . version control and backward
> compatability are DIFFERENT things.

The backwards compatibility he is referring to is that of different 
versions of the API that must be supported in the same version of the 
code.  When you have an out of tree module, you  have to do work to 
ensure that it builds against and loads into various release versions as 
well as the development branch.

When a module is in the tree, the current state of the code is just that 
it reflects the current API.  There is no reason that we have to make 
sure the chan_skinny in the svn trunk can be copied over into the 1.2 
branch and have it work properly.  There is a different chan_skinny in 
the 1.2 branch that reflects that API.

Backwards compatibility between versions of Asterisk such that 
configuration doesn't break and that communication is still possible 
(such as a 1.2 box using IAX2 to communicate with a machine running svn 
trunk) has long been a priority in the Asterisk project, and will 
continue to be.

Russell