[asterisk-biz] subject: 1.4 vs 1.6

[Alistair Cunningham]

Juan,

We're happy with 1.6.1. I would agree strongly that if there's no  
specific reason to upgrade then you should stay on a version you're  
happy with.

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On 24 Feb 2010, at 15:16, Juan Sandro <juan.sandro at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Guys...thanks.. for your replies..
>
> I found bellow.. and wonder if you have any comments...
>
> Dear All
> I have Asterisk 1.4 installed on my Debian server . I am considering
> upgrading my Asterisk to the latest version (1.6) . Can you please  
> let me
> know what are the major benefits when upgrading from Asterisk 1.4 to  
> Asterisk
> 1.6 ?
>
> Please observe that there is no "1.6" version. Previous to 1.6.0,  
> there was
> "1.0" and "1.2" and "1.4". Then the release policy changed and we  
> had "1.6.0"
> and "1.6.1" and now (latest) "1.6.2". These three 1.6.x are all  
> very, very
> different.
>
> Also note that none of these are LTS releases, something that was  
> recently
> introduced. LTS is Long Term Support. 1.4 is classified as LTS, and  
> the next
> LTS will be version 1.8 - yes, we're correcting the mistake and  
> going back to
> the old way of numbering releases.
>
> Personally, I see the 1.6.x releases as very experimental and don't  
> recommend
> them for production use.
>
> In regards to changes, there has been a massive amount of changes,  
> especially
> work done by the Digium dev team to rebuild the internal structure  
> of Asterisk
> to support massive scalability and improve stability of Asterisk.  
> The major new
> feature is of course faxing, that was introduced in 1.6.0 and has  
> been improved
> in every release. Please download the new version and read the  
> documentation
> that covers the CHANGES as well as instructions for upgrading your  
> product.
>
> As always, there's no reason to upgrade if there are no features you  
> need. 1.4
> is still a supported release.
>
> Best regards,
> /Olle
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:35:22 +0000
> > From: acunningham at integrics.com
> > To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] subject: 1.4 vs 1.6
> >
> > Juan,
> >
> > We've recently moved from 1.4 to 1.6.1 for new Enswitch  
> installations.
> > Existing customers are also gradually migrating over (even though we
> > don't require it), mostly for T.38 support. I would estimate that  
> 8 to
> > 10 production carrier Enswitch systems have been migrated so far.  
> We did
> > have one customer go back to 1.4 due to carrier compatibility  
> problems,
> > but most of the reports have been positive.
> >
> > We're happy with 1.6.1.12 and this is the version we're rolling  
> out on
> > new installs. 1.6.1.13 to 1.6.1.16 are not suitable for Enswitch  
> due to
> > bug #16581, but we've been told that this will be fixed in  
> 1.6.1.17 so
> > we'll test that when it's out and if suitable move to it.
> >
> > Alistair Cunningham
> > +1 888 468 3111
> > +44 20 799 39 799
> > http://integrics.com/
>
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