[Asterisk-Users] priorityjumping=no

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Steve Kennedy wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 07:38:01PM -0500, Watkins, Bradley wrote:
> 
>> That depends on what you mean by default.  The supplied sample
>> extensions.conf contains the priorityjumping=no by default, but if this
>> parameter is absent then the default is to jump n+101.
> 
> OK, that explains it, just wondering why the sample extensions.conf
> turns it off, while the O'Reilly Asterisk book and alomst everything you
> see on the web uses it ???
> 
> I would have thought the default would be to have it on?

The default (i.e. the option not supplied) is to jump priorities (like 
Asterisk 1.0.x did).  That way 1.2 can use extensions.conf for 1.0.

Also, the priority jump won't happen if the priority doesn't exist.