[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Development Updates

[Greg Boehnlein]

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Mark Spencer wrote:

> Prompted by the recent discussion on the mailing list regarding the
> Asterisk development and release process (or lack thereof), John Todd,
> Thorsten Lockert, Brian K. West, and myself have put together a plan to
> address the most significant two legitimate concerns that have been
> expressed regarding these processes.  Specifically:
> 
> Concern #1: Asterisk release schedules and path to 1.0.0
> 
> Asterisk version 0.7.0 will be released by Monday Jan 12, 2004.  Later
> that week, we will create a stable branch from which eventually 1.0.0 will
> be tagged.  Only bug fixes will go into the release branch, while feature
> requests and bug fixes will continue to go into the head branch.  If you
> are currently using CVS asterisk on a production server, we suggest that
> you move to the new stable CVS branch when it becomes available.
> Instructions for using the new stable CVS branch will be made available on
> asterisk.org next week.  Snapshots of the stable branch will also be made
> available periodically as Asterisk 0.9.x for those not using CVS.  If you
> wish to remain on the cutting edge, you may leave your system using the
> head CVS as it is currently.

Awesome! I'm game to create Asterisk RPMS when the stable branch comes 
out!
 
> Concern #2: Slow integration of bug fixes and feature requests into CVS
> 
> With the assistance of John Todd and Brian West, we have added
> documentation about how the bug tracker operates, available at
> http://www.digium.com/bugtracker.html.  This document should help new
> users understand how the process of submitting bugs works, how to properly
> follow up on bugs to be sure they get applied, and how to contribute to
> the bug tracking process as a Bug Marshal, thus accellerating the process.
> In addition, I am commiting 5-10 dedicated hours of my own time per week
> to work with Bug Marshals on reviewing bugs, patches and feature requests.
> 
> Conclusion:
> 
> Hopefully these steps will help improve the quality and stability of the
> Asterisk code, and make it easier for people who wish to contribute to
> Asterisk to do so, while maintaining Asterisk's availibility to continue
> to advance new features and applications.
> 
> Mark, John, Thorsten, and Brian
> 
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