[asterisk-users] Stable-Stable Asterisk

[Steve Totaro]

>>>>> I stay with 1.2.12 or somewhere around there.  "End Of Life" but seems 
>>>>> to have a better ticker than 1.4.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
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>>>> 1.2.12/14/17 all have seemed very stable to me so far.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Both of which are anecdotial evidences.
>>>
>>> Now suppose I had a major stability issue with 1.2.14 which was solved
>>> with 1.2.18 (or 1.4.1). I would simply be dropped off those statistics.
>>> You'l be just left with those for which "1.2 works better".
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> You lost me with that last statement.... 
>>     
>
> Suppose you are a reader of a specific mailing list. Someone asked
> "which is better: 1.2 or 1.4".
>
> Naturally the sample size you get is very small: only a handful of the
> large body of Asterisk users actually naswered it.
>
> I was windering if it is also skewed in any way. In fact, I pointed out
> one wat it can be.
>
> For instance, following the same logic, I'd say that Asterisk 1.0 is
> more stable than 1.2, as people have been using it for much longer in
> production. Nobody has been using an 1.2 PBX in production for more
> than, say, three years and 1.0 has been used for longer than that. So
> 1.0 must be more stable. Admins still using it mut probably swear by it.
>
> But most people (at least those who have had problem, including
> stability problems) with 1.0, ahve already migrated to 1.2 or 1.4, and
> now swear (by?) 1.2 or 1.4.
>
> Cheers,
>   
I would make the comparison of a fruit such as a peach as it ages. 

1.0 is over-ripe or rotten/forgotten and thrown away.  Besides, we all 
know that 1.0 was just a marketing ploy to legitimize Asterisk.  What 
serious company is going to install 1.BETA2 or .90?  Maybe a 
nonessential piece of software but not something as mission critical as 
a PBX.

1.2 is sitting at the fresh fruit market.  It is a nice peach color, 
soft, sweet and juicy, most of the bad peaches have been discarded such 
as worm and bug infestations.  It has been aged perfectly.

1.4 is still a bunch of peaches on the tree.  It is far from ripe and is 
still very green.  It is prime lunch for bugs, worms, and other 
infestation which will not get sorted out until they get ready for the 
market.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro