asterisk users - Aug 2003 - Fwd: Stable versions of Asterisk (Was: Re: Fair comparison (John Todd))

Hi listers,
is my question about stability of * a wrong question to ask here?
Nguyen
>Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:39:43 +0700
>To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
>From: Nguyen Nam <nguyennam@cardvn.net>
>Subject: Stable versions of Asterisk (Was: Re: Fair comparison (John Todd))
>
>Hi,
>It's really a problem for new Asterisk users. I am new to Asterisk and
do
>not know * history, which applications are stable, which are in 
>development, and who do what? It's really hard for new users to keep the
>pace with CVS.
>
>So can you recommend more stable Asterisk versions, which are suitable for 
>production environments?
>
>My needs is simple:  standard switch (Call transfer, Parking...), 
>Voicemail,  Voice menu (Autoattendand).
>
>If someone have running Asrerisk  on production system, please share the 
>yours version info.
>
>best regards,
>Nguyen
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>At 03:49 PM 8/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>As far as Asterisk's stability goes: new features tend to be less
>>stable than older features, just like any software.  If your user
>>base isn't requesting all the bells and whistles, then adequate
>>testing will normally reveal problem spots before you stumble across
>>them in production.  Despite what some others on the list may claim,
>>running the absolute latest CVS on production systems without testing
>>is probably unwise.  :)
>>
>>JT