On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Adam Moffett wrote:
Hello list,
I presently use the 1.4 releases because I enjoy sleeping
at night. I understand that 1.4 reaches end-of-life in a little over 8
months (https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Versions). I
also know (as best as I can) that no genie is going to make Asterisk 1.4 go
"poof" on this date. My clients would probably sleep better thinking they
were running a PBX that didn't have this "drop dead" date however. Since
1.6.X has the same time constraints as 1.4, it seems it would be a waste of
time going that direction. Should I go down the 1.8 .X path to have 4
years of time, but the headaches that have been documented here, or pursue
the 10.X which is presently considered Beta? (is it really beta, or just
relabeled 1.8?).
Does anybody ever update the software on the Panasonic phone system they had
installed 30 years ago? Maybe if it ain't broke don't fix it.
Quite.
I have dozens of systems out there approaching 5 years old now running
asterisk 1.2 and I have absolutely no plans to upgrade them to anything.
In some cases I no-longer have access anyway, but I know they're still
ticking away.
My wory is hardware longevity more than anything else - these are PCs,
although carefully chosen PCs with no moving parts. My "reference" systems
are now 8 years old and still running (not originally bought for PBXs but
for routers) so that gives me hope. (They're EPIA/VIA motherboards FWIW)
Gordon
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