asterisk users - Jan 2010 - Major benefits when upgrade from Asterisk 1.4 to Asterisk 1.6?

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 ?
Thank you
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13 jan 2010 kl. 06.56 skrev hadi motamedi:
> 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

13 jan 2010 kl. 06.56 skrev hadi motamedi:
> 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

13 jan 2010 kl. 06.56 skrev hadi motamedi:
> 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