[asterisk-users] subject: 1.4 vs 1.6

[Elliot Murdock]

asteriskuptospeed.linuxinnovations.com is also a good resource for
spotting many practical differences between the various versions.

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:36 PM, Tilghman Lesher
<tilghman at mail.jeffandtilghman.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 February 2010 10:16:25 Miguel Molina wrote:
>> Gergo Csibra escribió:
>> > Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 3:56:50 PM, David wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Juan Sandro <juan.sandro at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> >>> Hi Guys
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> We are using asterisk 1.4 on all of our platforms for a while now.
>> >>> Some of our partners recommended to use asterisk 1.6 in order to
>> >>> improve overall stability and performance.
>> >>>
>> >>> Can someone please let me know if you have a such experience?
>> >>> Also, do you have any other negative or positive comments on 1.6
>> >>
>> >> If it isn't broke, don't 'fix' it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> There are benefits to 1.6, like dramatically enhanced SIP support,
>> >> much faster dialplan processing, easier faxing, changes to dialplan
>> >> syntax, and lots of other features. I would say the improvement of
>> >> going to 1.6 is only if you are trying to expect more from the same
>> >> gear, or want the new features. If you're not actually having
>> >> problems, don't change anything.
>> >
>> > Yes, and check this page:
>> >
>> > http://www.asterisk.org/asterisk-versions
>> >
>> > as you can see, the 1.4 version is LTS, and the 1.6 isn't, but the
>> > upcoming 1.8 will be LTS too. So don't change to 1.6 :)
>>
>> That sounds reasonable, but as I have seen through several years
>> following the asterisk project, when 1.8.0 will be released it will be
>> far less stable than the more used and mature 1.6.0.X, for example. I
>> would prefer to do a middle step for upgrading, that would be 1.4.X -
>> 1.6.0.X - 1.8.X when it becomes really stable. Asterisk history has
>> shown us that a newly released branch, no matter if it's LTS on the new
>> release schema, will need time and a large user base that adopts it to
>> report bugs and help stabilize it. I would not underestimate the actual
>> 1.6.X branches.
>
> Additionally, it's worth noting that the dates above are meant to be the
> EARLIEST dates that development, security fixes, etc. will end.  It is quite
> possible that we will elect to extend some of them.  The whole idea is to
> give companies advance notice of at least six months before we stop
> supporting a release.
>
> The end is coming; but it might be delayed.  :-)
>
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