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 <tilgh...@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.san...@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. :-) > > -- > Tilghman > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
