[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6 beta

[Benny Amorsen]

Rob Hillis <rob at hillis.dyndns.org> writes:

> No.  No matter how good some people may tell you it is, 1.6 is still 
> beta software and software is rarely beta for no good reason.

Tell that to Google.

So far, for us, 1.6 beta is running better than any of the early 1.2
releases. Perhaps even better than early 1.4. If you need the new
features in 1.6, you can go with 1.6 or you can backport. Either has
disadvantages.

If you can do without the 1.6 features, go with 1.4. We deploy new
customers on 1.4 today, but we have one 1.6 in production and two in
testing.

Anyway, all that is just a long-winded way of saying: Test, test,
test, and have a plan B if 1.6 fails.

Oh and a thank you to Asterisk developers at Digium and elsewhere: The
Asterisk development process is a lot better now than it was 2 years
ago.


/Benny