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

[Matt]

We still run 1.2.6 on some of our production systems because, so far, it has
been the only stable release of Asterisk for us.   Other versions core dump
for no reason and do all kinds of other funky things.

On 5/29/07, Jaswinder Singh <vicky.r at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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