[asterisk-dev] stable^Wrelease^Wcurrent track^Uwhatever

[Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk]

>> just before 1.2.10, there was a "slight correction" in the code that
>> changed the numbers logged in CDR from using the CALLERID(number) to
>> using the CALLERID(ANI) instead. This was after bug #7285 was solved,
>> and this functionality was merged into 1.2. This was reported as a
>> new bug here http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=7695
>
> Let me clarify what is going on here.  The change that I made to  
> fix the bug you have referenced did not touch CDR code at all.  The  
> change was to clear up the inconsistency in the handling of the  
> "callerid" setting in various channel drivers.  Some set ANI, some  
> did not, and some did various other weird things.  This was cleaned  
> up, and now ANI is always set, as it should be.
>
> When this change was made, I did not forsee the effect on CDR.   
> After looking at the code, the exact behavior of the "clid" field  
> of the CDR is that it will be the ANI field of the channels  
> callerid if it is set, and the callerid number otherwise.  This was  
> the behavior all along, and has nothing to do with my changes.
>
> The problems discussed in bug 7695 are likely because the cases  
> where setting CALLERID(num) in the dialplan worked to change the  
> "clid" field of the CDR never had ANI set for the channel.  Now  
> that it is, that doesn't work anymore.
>
> To clear up the situation, I propose the following:
>
> In the 1.2 branch, go back and make the channel drivers that did  
> not set ANI before not set it.
>
> In the trunk, add a note to UPGRADE.txt explaining the situation to  
> users upgrading to Asterisk 1.4.

Still this breaks backwards compatibility, which is BAD BAD BAD.
Or perhaps that is just ok?

What are the rules, really, of what should be let into release  
tracks? anything that fixes bugs, whatever the consequences?

roy

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