Juan,
We're happy with 1.6.1. I would agree strongly that if there's no
specific reason to upgrade then you should stay on a version you're
happy with.
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On 24 Feb 2010, at 15:16, Juan Sandro <[email protected]> wrote:
Guys...thanks.. for your replies..
I found bellow.. and wonder if you have any comments...
Dear All
I have Asterisk 1.4 installed on my Debian server . I am considering
upgrading my Asterisk to the latest version (1.6) . Can you please
let me
know what are the major benefits when upgrading from Asterisk 1.4 to
Asterisk
1.6 ?
Please observe that there is no "1.6" version. Previous to 1.6.0,
there was
"1.0" and "1.2" and "1.4". Then the release policy changed and we
had "1.6.0"
and "1.6.1" and now (latest) "1.6.2". These three 1.6.x are all
very, very
different.
Also note that none of these are LTS releases, something that was
recently
introduced. LTS is Long Term Support. 1.4 is classified as LTS, and
the next
LTS will be version 1.8 - yes, we're correcting the mistake and
going back to
the old way of numbering releases.
Personally, I see the 1.6.x releases as very experimental and don't
recommend
them for production use.
In regards to changes, there has been a massive amount of changes,
especially
work done by the Digium dev team to rebuild the internal structure
of Asterisk
to support massive scalability and improve stability of Asterisk.
The major new
feature is of course faxing, that was introduced in 1.6.0 and has
been improved
in every release. Please download the new version and read the
documentation
that covers the CHANGES as well as instructions for upgrading your
product.
As always, there's no reason to upgrade if there are no features you
need. 1.4
is still a supported release.
Best regards,
/Olle
> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:35:22 +0000
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] subject: 1.4 vs 1.6
>
> Juan,
>
> We've recently moved from 1.4 to 1.6.1 for new Enswitch
installations.
> Existing customers are also gradually migrating over (even though we
> don't require it), mostly for T.38 support. I would estimate that
8 to
> 10 production carrier Enswitch systems have been migrated so far.
We did
> have one customer go back to 1.4 due to carrier compatibility
problems,
> but most of the reports have been positive.
>
> We're happy with 1.6.1.12 and this is the version we're rolling
out on
> new installs. 1.6.1.13 to 1.6.1.16 are not suitable for Enswitch
due to
> bug #16581, but we've been told that this will be fixed in
1.6.1.17 so
> we'll test that when it's out and if suitable move to it.
>
> Alistair Cunningham
> +1 888 468 3111
> +44 20 799 39 799
> http://integrics.com/
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