[asterisk-users] 1.6 and 1.8

[Danny Nicholas]

I understand the "end of life" issue.  What I fail to understand is that if
1.8 is the "Cadillac" of Asterisk, why did they make 10.0 and why does 1.8
have so many bugs (just what I read here, not from my actual experience)?

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jason Parker
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 3:28 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] 1.6 and 1.8

On 12/28/2011 03:10 PM, Danny Nicholas wrote:
> Can somebody point me to an explanation from Kevin or Tzafir or 
> someone else "up the food chain" explaining the differences/benefits 
> of 1.6/1.8 vs 1.4/10.0?
> 

Every branch (1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.8, 10) of Asterisk
contains new features that previous branches did not have.  Many of these
changes are documented in
http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/10/CHANGES

Each branch of Asterisk has a lifecycle, which is documented at
https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Versions.  As you can
see,
1.8 and 10 are the currently supported branches.  1.4 and 1.6.2 are in
security maintenance mode, which means that the only issues that will be
fixed are security issues.  They will both be EOL in April 2012, and will no
longer receive any updates.


Short version: If you aren't already using Asterisk 1.8 or higher, you
really should be - and soon.

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