[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.8.4 Now Available

[Danny Nicholas]

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[Danny Nicholas]  
Paul, this is probably a "dumb question", but why are some (or is it all and
I just don't notice it) modules "fundamentally changed" from release to
release (or version to version)?  As a C-dabbler, it seems to me that if I
do gcc app_voicemail.c (using voicemail as an example) on 1.6 or 1.8, it
should be fundamentally similar to doing the same thing in 1.4.  It seems to
me that the 9500 line module that compiles and runs in 1.4 should be pretty
much the same as what is in 1.6 or 1.8, but on closer inspection it is often
not.  I know that some things have to change to add the new enhanced
functionality, but from a "dinosaur programmer" perspective, the fewer
background changes you have from release to release and version to version,
the less chance you have of something breaking and having unhappy users.

Please elaborate on what is wrong with my thought.

Thanks in advance.