[asterisk-users] Asterisk 18.7.0 Now Available

Asterisk Development Team asteriskteam at digium.com
Thu Oct 7 09:40:41 CDT 2021


The Asterisk Development Team would like to announce the release of Asterisk 18.7.0.
This release is available for immediate download at
https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk

The release of Asterisk 18.7.0 resolves several issues reported by the
community and would have not been possible without your participation.

Thank you!

The following issues are resolved in this release:

Deprecations made in this release:
-----------------------------------
 * ASTERISK-29548 - app_meetme: Deprecated in 19, to be removed
      in 21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29549 - app_osploop: Deprecated in 19, to be removed
      in 21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29550 - chan_alsa: Deprecated in 19, to be removed
      in 21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29551 - chan_mgcp: Deprecated in 19, to be removed
      in 21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29552 - chan_skinny: Deprecated in 19, to be removed
      in 21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29553 - res_pktccops: Deprecated in 19, to be
      removed in 21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29554 - cdr_mysql: Deprecated in 1.8, to be removed
      in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29555 - app_mysql: Deprecated in 1.8, to be removed
      in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29557 - app_ices: Deprecated in 16, to be removed in
      19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29558 - app_macro: Deprecated in 16, to be removed
      in 21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29559 - app_fax: Deprecated in 16, to be removed in
      19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29560 - app_url: Deprecated in 16, to be removed in
      19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29561 - app_image: Deprecated in 16, to be removed
      in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29562 - app_nbscat: Deprecated in 16, to be removed
      in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29563 - app_dahdiras: Deprecated in 16, to be
      removed in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29564 - cdr_syslog: Deprecated in 16, to be removed
      in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29565 - chan_oss: Deprecated in 16, to be removed in
      19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29566 - chan_phone: Deprecated in 16, to be removed
      in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29567 - chan_sip: Deprecated in 17, to be removed in
      21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29568 - chan_nbs: Deprecated in 16, to be removed in
      19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29569 - chan_misdn: Deprecated in 16, to be removed
      in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29570 - chan_vpb: Deprecated in 16, to be removed in
      19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29571 - res_config_sqlite: Deprecated in 16, to be
      removed in 19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29572 - res_monitor: Deprecated in 16, to be removed
      in 21
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29573 - conf2ael: Deprecated in 16, to be removed in
      19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)
 * ASTERISK-29574 - muted: Deprecated in 16, to be removed in
      19
      (Reported by Joshua C. Colp)

New Features made in this release:
-----------------------------------
 * ASTERISK-29496 - Add SendMF application
      (Reported by N
      A)
 * ASTERISK-29627 - Add STRBETWEEN function
      (Reported by N
      A)
 * ASTERISK-29628 - Add file and directory functions
     
      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-29531 - Add SAYFILES function
      (Reported by N
      A)
 * ASTERISK-29546 - Add tone detection module
      (Reported by
      N A)
 * ASTERISK-18454 - Option for Read to be able to accept #
     
      (Reported by Sta Retji)
 * ASTERISK-29542 - Add audio scrambler
      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-29478 - Function to drop frames in the TX or RX
      directions
      (Reported by N A)

Bugs fixed in this release:
-----------------------------------
 * ASTERISK-29673 - app_read: Fix null pointer crash regression

      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-29660 - Build failure when disabling PJSIP support
 
      (Reported by Guido Falsi)
 * ASTERISK-29635 - MP3Player don' t work with actual mpg123
      versions
      (Reported by Carlos Oliva)
 * ASTERISK-29654 - pjproject includes trailing whitespace in
      sdp format attributes
      (Reported by George Joseph)
 * ASTERISK-29629 - ARI external media channel creation doesn't
      set option data
      (Reported by sungtae kim)
 * ASTERISK-27176 - test_abstract_jb: frames leak
     
      (Reported by Corey Farrell)
 * ASTERISK-29634 - res_snmp:  gcc 11 needs -fPIC to compile
      correctly
      (Reported by George Joseph)
 * ASTERISK-29630 - Asterisk is unable to read extended number
      format terminfo files
      (Reported by Sean Bright)
 * ASTERISK-28004 - dns: Core ast_dns_get_nameservers does not
      support configured IPv6 servers
      (Reported by Isaac
      McDonald)
 * ASTERISK-29618 - ConfBridge errors on creation conference
      room
      (Reported by Alexander Zharov)
 * ASTERISK-29622 - ARI: external media create doesn't use body
      parameter
      (Reported by sungtae kim)
 * ASTERISK-29614 - app_agent_pool: XML Doc: unterminated entity
      reference
      (Reported by Alexander Traud)
 * ASTERISK-29609 - Subsequent 'ael reload' will cause a lock
      up
      (Reported by Mark Murawski)
 * ASTERISK-28701 - app_queue: Core reload resets queue stats,
      even when keepstats=yes
      (Reported by Luke Escude)
 * ASTERISK-29616 - res_rtp_asterisk: sqrt(.) requires the
      header math.h.
      (Reported by Alexander Traud)
 * ASTERISK-29518 - sig_analog: FCG_CAMA fails to signal ANI
      spill when using MF signaling
      (Reported by Sarah Autumn)
 * ASTERISK-29582 - res_pjproject: Can't map pjproject log
      messages to Asterisk TRACE
      (Reported by George Joseph)
 * ASTERISK-29575 - app_milliwatt: Milliwatt application doesn't
      use the proper timings
      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-20339 - chan_mgcp, resp_pktccops ast_debug support
 
      (Reported by Tomas Maldonado)
 * ASTERISK-29540 - aelparse: include of context with timings
      fails
      (Reported by Alexander Traud)
 * ASTERISK-29539 - Segmentation fault at ast_writestream() when
      write handler not defined (happens with OGG/Speex)
     
      (Reported by Ernani Jos�� Camargo Azevedo)

Improvements made in this release:
-----------------------------------
 * ASTERISK-29472 - res_pjsip: OLI/ANI2 support missing
     
      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-29626 - app_stack: Include calling location if
      attempting to branch to nonexistent location
      (Reported by
      N A)
 * ASTERISK-29632 - Add option to Application_VoiceMail to
      suppress instructions only when a custom greeting is present
   
      (Reported by Charlie Smurthwaite)
 * ASTERISK-29605 - chan_iax2: Add ANI2
      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-29508 - STUN server address refresh
      (Reported
      by S��bastien Duthil)
 * ASTERISK-29612 - bridge_basic: Don't throw warning if
      attended transfer is cancelled
      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-29544 - Media Cache - Delayed remote sound file
      retrieve delays all playbacks
      (Reported by Andre Barbosa)
 * ASTERISK-29495 - Return integer instead of float if response
      is a whole number
      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-29541 - app_morsecode: Add American Morse code
     
      (Reported by N A)
 * ASTERISK-29543 - app_originate: Allow specifying codec(s) to
      use
      (Reported by N A)

For a full list of changes in this release, please see the ChangeLog:
https://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ChangeLog-18.7.0

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!
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