[asterisk-users] *End Of Life ASTERISK 1.2.X Was: INSTRUCTIONSFOR THE ASTERISK COMMUNITY - PLEASEREAD NOW *

[Jaswinder Singh]

What you say might be true for small business or home  pbx systems .
But if you have a production server handling sip/iax trunks  over
internet then you need to upgrade to avoid  security related bugs and
exploits that are released .


> You seem to miss the idea here.  You work with a version that supports
> your "feature needs" and find the sub-version that provides the most
> stability for your deployments.  Lets face it these boxes should go in
> and run for weeks, months or even years without much intervention
> (assuming the mission of the box does not change).  I'm running a
> 1.2.7.something (i think) that has been running almost nonstop since
> installing.  Very reliable and stable for my needs.  Compared to a
> Merlin or Nortel or any other system out that I feel I have a much
> better product.
>
> Could I benefit from a newer sub-version? Maybe.
> Will I upgrade the box in it current roll?  No.
>
> Unless the application I use the box for has a major change (or the
> hardware dies) I'll just let it keep on running as it is.
>
> For my future deploys I am working closer with 1.4.  The reason is
> clear.  1.4 is the future of asterisk.  When 1.6 or 2.0 comes out I'll
> investigate into migrating in that direction at that time because that
> will become the future of asterisk.
>
>
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