[asterisk-users] Upgrade to Asterisk 1.4 - it's one year's old!

[Steve Totaro]

Johansson Olle E wrote:
> Friends in the Asterisk community,
>
> I'm kind of interested in the slow uptake of Asterisk 1.4. Between 1.2  
> and 1.4 there's been a lot of
> important development. New code cleanups, optimization, new functions.
>
> I realize that 1.4 at release time wasn't ready for release, but we've  
> spent one year polishing it,
> working hard with bug fixes. The 1.4 that is in distribution now is  
> very different from the young
> and immature product that was release before Christmas in 2006.  
> Testing, testing, testing
> and hard work from developers has changed this and the 1.4 personality  
> is now much
> more grown-up and mature :-)
>
> I wonder if there are any major obstacles for upgrading.
>
> - Bugs that are still open?
> - Bugs that are not reported?
> - Not enough reasons to upgrade, since 1.2 really works well
> - Just a bad karma for 1.4
>
> When responding, remember that we don't add new features to 1.4 after  
> release, so I'm
> not looking for a wishlist - that's for the coming release. We need to  
> make a released
> product stable, not add new features and potential scary bugs.
>
> Success stories with 1.4 are also welcome. "Upgrading to 1.4 doubled  
> our revenues
> in a month and gave us 200% more quality in the voice channels" or  
> "Asterisk 1.4
> gave us more reliable pizza deliveries and also fixed the bad taste of  
> the coffee in our
> vending machine". Anything.
>
> Also, I would like input on what you consider the most important new  
> feature in 1.4.
> I will try to make a list based on the feedback. Feel free to send  
> feedback to the
> list or in a private e-mail to me directly.
>
> Let's make 1.4 the choice for everyone's PBX - from small home systems  
> to large
> scale carrier platforms!
>
> /Olle
>
> ---
> * Olle E. Johansson - oej at edvina.net
> * Asterisk Training http://edvina.net/training/
>
>   
When Digium starts using 1.4 in ABE then I would consider using it in a 
production environment.  All I ever hear is "soon", and I have heard 
that for months if not the whole year.  Until Digium itself is 
comfortable selling and supporting this version, then neither am I.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro