Maintenance of Asterisk 1.6.0 and 1.6.1 will move to security fixes only in approximately one month. There are bug fix releases scheduled to be released during the first half of May for both versions. After those releases, Asterisk 1.6.0 and 1.6.1 will only receive security fixes.
The Asterisk development team recommends that all users of Asterisk 1.6.0 and 1.6.1 series move to the 1.6.2 series for continued bug fix support.
For more information on the maintenance schedule for Asterisk releases, please see the following page:
Note that the maintenance schedule for Asterisk 1.4 and 1.6.2 will likely be extended, pending the final determination of the release schedule for Asterisk 1.8.
Asterisk 1.4.22 and 1.6.0 Released - October 13, 2008 The Asterisk.org development team is proud to announce the releases of Asterisk 1.4.22 and 1.6.0.
Asterisk 1.6.1 Release Candidate 1 Now Available - January 30, 2009 The Asterisk Development Team is pleased to announce the first release candidate of Asterisk 1.6.1, tagged as version 1.6.1-rc1.
QueueMetrics 1.6.1 released - July 22, 2010 Lenz has posted a note to inform us that QueueMetrics version 1.6.1 has been released. This release offers a large number of bug fixes, misc improvements and new developements including hotdesking.
Asterisk Release Maintenance News - May 31, 2007 Asterisk 1.2 will be moving into security only fixes on August 1st - everyone should be upgrading to 1.4
AstriDevCon: October 29th, Washington DC August 23, 2010 Average Vote: 10
John Todd has posted a note about the AstriDevCon conference which occurs within the Astricon conference.
VoIP-Info: FFasterisk Video file converter August 25, 2006 Average Vote: 10
The wiki has a link to a new piece of software for converting video to the format required for Asterisk.
Voip-Forum: Lots of new articles March 12, 2005 Average Vote: 10
Oej's Voip-Forum.com site has posted lots of new news articles while I've been away. Hopefully you found them via the asterisk-docs site. If not I've bookmarked them for you.
Interview with Mark Spencer November 26, 2004 Average Vote: 9.9
We have managed to get an interview with Mark Spencer AKA Markster. Mark Spencer is the creator of Asterisk and by far the most active developer.
Back to life July 21, 2010 Average Vote: 9.8
Hey all - I am back online after some pretty big projects which have taken all my time. Will be updating the Asterisk news over the next few days.
GUI changes from Trixbox, FreePBX, 2600hz, BlueBox September 1, 2010 Average Vote: 9.8
Ok, bear with me on this one. If you understand all the ramifications, FreePBX has split to a new project called BlueBox contained within the 2600hz project. This obviously has implications for Trixbox that uses FreePBX to provide quite a bit of functionality.
Announcing Adhearsion 0.8.5 August 25, 2010 Average Vote: 9.8
Ben Klang has posted a note about the latest release of Adhearsion - a framework for developing Asterisk based solutions using Ruby.
app_swift v2.0 released July 21, 2010 Average Vote: 9.8
Like a few of these news stories that I will be posting over the next couple of days this is a little old - hope it is not something you have already seen. This one is for a new version of the app_swift text-to-speech module for Asterisk 1.2, 1.4, and 1.6.
Monitoring Asterisk with Munin January 7, 2010 Average Vote: 9.7
I had a few requests for these munin plugins after some discussion on one of the Asterisk lists and thought people might like them.
libpri 1.4.11.4 Now Available September 3, 2010 The Asterisk Development Team has announced the release of libpri 1.4.11.4.
New CDR Stats Package September 1, 2010 This one has been a long time coming. A new CDR stats package from Star2Billing to replace the 7 year old stalwart for viewing Asterisk call detail records.
GUI changes from Trixbox, FreePBX, 2600hz, BlueBox September 1, 2010 Ok, bear with me on this one. If you understand all the ramifications, FreePBX has split to a new project called BlueBox contained within the 2600hz project. This obviously has implications for Trixbox that uses FreePBX to provide quite a bit of functionality.
RazorQuotePBP Asterisk Payment Module August 31, 2010 RazorQuote has sent us a press release about the launch of RazorQuotePBP, a native Asterisk module that allows any Asterisk connected device to accept credit card payments.
AstriCon approaches August 25, 2010 John Todd has posted a note about the upcoming AstriCon conference in Washington, DC, and the innovation awards.
Announcing Adhearsion 0.8.5 August 25, 2010 Ben Klang has posted a note about the latest release of Adhearsion - a framework for developing Asterisk based solutions using Ruby.
AstriDevCon: October 29th, Washington DC August 23, 2010 John Todd has posted a note about the AstriDevCon conference which occurs within the Astricon conference.
The XV Commandments of IVR August 17, 2010 An update on the 15 tips for creating effective IVR systems by Allison Smith - the Voice of Asterisk.
