asterisk users - Oct 2007 - Difference between trunk and released versions

Hello,

  Up to a while ago I thought that the "released" versions are
checkpoints of
the "trunk" versions; however, now I understand they are not, as I see
differences between the two trains. So, what is the relation between them?

  Examples for differences:

- When the language is different than Engligh the trunk version is reading
  numbers from /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/Lang-Name/digits while the release
  version is using  /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/Lang-Name

- MAILBOX_EXISTS function is replaced with MailboxExists application.

- External IVR has no way to exit from the program under the release version...
  The documentation is correct with the trunk version.

                                 Thanks! __Yehavi:

Yehavi,

The release branches (1.2, 1.4) were at one time trunk.  When it was decided
to release 1.4, for example, it was branched off from trunk as the
1.4branch.  New functionality continued to be added to trunk after
that.  Once
the release branches are created, they are feature-frozen and only bug fixes
are applied (this is the goal, though sometimes new functionality does sneak
in when deemed necessary or desirable by the maintainers).

So long story short, up until the release of 1.4, it was the same code as
trunk.  Since the 1.4 branch was created, no new functionality has been
added to that branch, but 1.4.x releases continue to be made as bugs are
discovered and fixed.

Does this clear things up?

Sean

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:34 +0200, Yehavi Bourvine +972-8-9489444 <
YEHAVI at vms.huji.ac.il> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>   Up to a while ago I thought that the "released" versions are
checkpoints
> of
> the "trunk" versions; however, now I understand they are not, as
I see
> differences between the two trains. So, what is the relation between them?
>
>   Examples for differences:
>
> - When the language is different than Engligh the trunk version is reading
>   numbers from /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/Lang-Name/digits while the release
>   version is using  /var/lib/asterisk/sounds/digits/Lang-Name
>
> - MAILBOX_EXISTS function is replaced with MailboxExists application.
>
> - External IVR has no way to exit from the program under the release
> version...
>   The documentation is correct with the trunk version.
>
>                                  Thanks! __Yehavi:
>
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Hello Sean,
> Does this clear things up?
Yes! Thanks!

                                   __Yehavi: