[asterisk-users] Zaptel version for asterisk 1.2.16

[John Novack]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> John Novack wrote:
>   
>> In Digium's infinite wisdom, they have seen fir to have version numbers
>> no longer match, and also NOT provide any sort of map to give the rest
>> of us a clue as to what goes with what.
>>
>> Probably to discourage wider use of the product?
>>     
>
> I must say that is an excellent attitude and must win you a lot of
> friends :-)
>   
Thank you.
Simply expressing the feelings of many who either choose not to express 
it openly or when they do you can't hear them.
> What we did was stop making 'artificial' releases of Zaptel and libpri only to keep their version numbers in line with Asterisk version numbers. There is no need nor value in having matching version numbers;
>   
You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but it results in a GREAT 
deal of confusion for some attempting to plan an install.
Not EVERYONE knows the product as well as you, and a simple statement as 
you made in the following paragraphs would go a very long way to solve 
this very small problem

> they are independent projects. If they were supposed to be released in lock-step fashion, they'd all be a single project.
>
> There is no need for any 'map'; any Asterisk 1.2.x release should be usable with any Zaptel 1.2.x release, but of course we'd suggest using the latest releases of both. There are no API changes or feature additions (generally) in release branches, so frequently you can update _only_ Asterisk if you are happy with the version of Zaptel you have installed and running.