[asterisk-users] upgrade of asterisk .... to what?

[Adrian Marsh]

Well - three reasons to upgrade:

- *when* you hit that issue that you cant solve, and you ask for help,
the first reply for a 1.2 release will be to upgrade, as 1.2 isnt
supported for any more development... I'd take the hint..

- *when* that big security issue becomes apparent, and you need to fix
it, you'll then be in a panic/rush to get the upgrade done, not to
mention all the fixes that are already in place to solve just such
issues since 1.2...

- *when* you need that new feature.... etc etc...

I follow the theory that if its less of a headache to upgrade now, in
quiet time, then that's much better than having to upgrade later, when I
really don't want to.

I have two servers. One that acts as primary, and the other that acts as
a hot-swap backup, but is also used for testing the new releases (at
least functionality testing).  Whenever I see an announcement about a
security bug or a major release, I upgrade the backup machine to see
what happens. If it looks good, I upgrade the primary.

I did the 1.2 -> 1.4 upgrade and I didn't hit any major grips (but then
I have a simple IP only, no fancy features setup).

Adrian


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Brian J.
Murrell
Sent: 22 May 2008 13:14
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] upgrade of asterisk .... to what?

On Thu, 2008-05-22 at 14:05 +0200, nik600 wrote:
> 
> No, i'm just wondering because there is creating a greater difference
> between my installation and the actual Asterisk.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  You are already so far behind that any
upgrade is going to be a major task of testing and verification on your
part, so why not just wait until you have an actual reason to upgrade.

As long as it's being supported and does it's job for you, I'd just stay
right where you are.

b.