[Asterisk-Users] Most stable Asterisk version

[Colin Anderson]

if you go with 1.0.X you can't go wrong, and there is plenty of stuff that
it can do that will keep you busy. Problem is it is sooo tempting to use the
new candy in 1.2.X or head. But for me, 1.0.X is the way to go as long as
you can deal with echo cancellation problems (think Sangoma or go to
asterisk-backports.org for a KB1 Zaptel that works on 1.0.9)

In January, there was a date bug that caused 1.2.X systems to fail, and it
comes with the turf. Digium et al is busy pumping out cool new stuff and
they by no means have the time, staff, volunteers, or formal testing
methodology to whump on the code that they produce if they want to ship
sometime this decade. I'm not saying they are crap coders, or 1.2.X is a
shoddy product, by no means, but there is no such thing as bug free
software, just bug-tested and patched software, and that only comes if the
producer has the resources to test it under every imaginable circumstance
and or the enduser is willing to be a beta. When you use 1.2.9, you become
the latter. 

-----Original Message-----
From: shadowym [mailto:shadowym at hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:09 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Most stable Asterisk version


 
Hi there,

I am getting ready to set up a production Asterisk system.  It needs to be
stable.  Upgrading, patching, rebooting, troubleshooting etc. are pretty
much NOT an option once this thing is deployed.  Like any phone system, it
is expected to just work.

Having said that, which is the best version and subversion of Asterisk to
use?  I was leaning towards 1.2 but it appears there are some major issues
with it.  At least with the most recent versions.  Scary things like memory
leaks and spontaneous crashing if the wrong and not exactly uncommon
combination of events occur or the wrong and somewhat common features are
used enough.  

I see that some of the commercial distributions are using 1.0.9 so I am
thinking maybe that one.  It has had some revisions to something like
1.0.11.1 or something like that so that is a tough call what to do there.  I
think there were some updates since 1.0 with BLF registration which is one
thing I really would like to have working so another complicating factor I
suppose.  

Anyone have any suggestions?  What are some of the versions people are using
that have impressive uptimes and just work?  I don't think I need any of the
new wiz bang stuff in 1.2.  I just want something that works!  I don't want
to have to resort to scheduled nightly reboots either unless I don't have
any other choice.
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