[asterisk-users] Upgrade to Asterisk 1.4 - it's one year's old!

[John Novack]

Phil Knighton wrote:
> Hello
>
> As a person who is somewhat a "newbie" to Asterisk, I have been given
> the task of preparing our 1.2 installation for upgrade.  The thing that
> has slowed me down is some of the gaps in information on the upgrade
> process.  What's on the Wiki might make complete sense to both
> experienced Linux users, and Asterisk users but as someone who is
> feeling there way through - it's a bit daunting!
>
> Considering how important a phone system is to a business, I'm loathed
> to rush the upgrade through and have instead opted to install 1.4 on a
> different box, and "port" our existing setup over to it.  This is a time
> consuming process and has taken quite a low priority.  As Olle says -
> 1.2 works just fine.
>
> Personally speaking, the upgrade process has to be even easier if people
> are going to jump for it. 
>
> Phil
>   
Agreed.
Given that our group has many 1.2 versions working well on CentOS 3.x 
boxes, and that 1.4 requires either 4 or 5, your option of starting all 
over is about all that will work.
Also, given that the few in the group that HAVE migrated, have now 
uncovered a new issue that I am sure isn't unique, where changes made 
from 1.4.13 to 1.4.15 cause a macro related to ENUM to fail. Smarter 
heads than I have so far been unable to uncover the cause.

Even for those who don't place our business in the hands of the whims of 
Asterisk, there are few reasons to make the change simply to have the 
latest and greatest?

John Novack

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