[asterisk-dev] Asterisk 1.6.1.15-rc1 Now Available

[Asterisk Development Team]

The Asterisk Development Team has announced the first release candidate of
Asterisk 1.6.2.15. This release candidate is available for immediate download at
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/

The release of Asterisk 1.6.2.15-rc1 resolves several issues reported by the
community and would have not been possible without your participation.
Thank you!

The following is a sample of the issues resolved in this release:

  * When using chan_skinny, don't crash when parking a non-bridged call.
    (Closes issue #17680. Reported, tested by jmhunter. Patched, tested by DEA)

  * Add ability for Asterisk to try both the encoded and unencoded subscription
    URI for a match in hints.
    (Closes issue #17785. Reported, tested by ramonpeek. Patched by tilghman)

  * Set the caller id on CDRs when it is set on the parent channel.
    (Closes issue #17569. Reported, patched by tbelder)

  * Ensure user portion of SIP URI matches dialplan when using encoded characters
    (Closes issue #17892. Reported by wdoekes. Patched by jpeeler)

  * Resolve issue where Party A in an analog 3-way call would continue to hear
    ringback after party C answers.
    (Patched by rmudgett)

  * Fix problem with qualify option packets for realtime peers never stopping.
    The option packets not only never stopped, but if a realtime peer was not in
    the peer list multiple options dialogs could accumulate over time.
    (Closes issue #16382. Reported by lftsy. Tested by zerohalo. Patched by
     jpeeler)

  * Multiple fixes related to Local channels.

For a full list of changes in this release candidate, please see the ChangeLog:

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ChangeLog-1.6.2.15-rc1

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!