For a full list of changes in this release candidate, please see the ChangeLog:

http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/tags/1.4.26-rc1/ChangeLog

The original security advisory can be found here:

http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/security/AST-2009-001.html

Issues found in this release candidate can be reported at
http://issues.asterisk.org

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!

This release resolves several crash issues, DTMF related issues, and CDR related issues.

For a summary of the changes in this release, please see the release summary:

http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/tags/1.4.25/asterisk-1.4.25-summary.txt

For a full list of changes in this release, please see the ChangeLog:

http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/tags/1.4.25/ChangeLog

The following list of issues were resolved with the participation of the community, and this release would not have been possible without your help!

* Allow H.323 Plus library to be used in addition to the OpenH323 library.
- Closes issue #11261. Reported by vhatz. Patched by jthurman.

* Delay signalling progress until a PRI channel really signals progress.
- Closes issue #13034. Reported, patched, and tested by klaus3000.

* Avoid destroying the CLI line when moving the cursor backward and trying to autocomplete.
- Closes issue #14373. Reported, and patched by eliel.

* Fix a crash due to too few arguments to RetryDial.
- Closes issue #14852. Reported, and patched by junky.

* Fix RFC2833 issues with DTMF getting duplicated and with duration wrapping over.
- Closes issue #14815 and #14460. Reported by geoff2010 and moliveras. Patched by dimas. Tested by geoff2010, file, dimas, ZX81, moliveras.

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!

This release resolves several community reported issues, including but not limited to:

• ackport of state interface changes for app_queue
• Fix queue weight behavior so calls in low-weight queues are not inappropriately blocked
• Improvement of T.38 handling in the initial INVITE from a device
• Allow chan_h323 to use H.323 Plus in addition to OpenH323 libraries
• Better support for Mac OSX by using ast_poll() instead of internal poll()

Additionally, several crash issues, CDR related issues, and a couple of DTMF related issues have been resolved in this release.

For a full list of changes in this release candidate, please see the ChangeLog:

http://svn.asterisk.org/svn/asterisk/tags/1.4.25-rc1/ChangeLog

Issues found in this release candidate can be reported at http://issues.asterisk.org

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!

This is the first release in the 1.6.1 branch, which has additional features added since 1.6.0. Please see the CHANGES file for more information about the additional functionality

For those upgrading from previous versions of Asterisk, it is advisable to review the UPGRADE.txt file:

http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/tags/1.6.1.0/UPGRADE.txt

Some highlights about changes in this release:
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• It is now possible to specify a pattern match as a hint. Once a phone subscribes to something that matches the pattern a hint will be created using the contents and variables evaluated.
• IAX2 encryption support has been improved to support periodic key rotation within a call for enhanced security. The option “keyrotate” has been provided to disable this functionality to preserve backwards compatibility with older versions of IAX2 that do not support key rotation.
• res_odbc no longer has a limit of 1023 total possible unshared connections, as some people were running into this limit. This limit has been increased to 4.2 billion.
• Several (ODBC, Postgres, MySQL, SQLite) realtime drivers have been given adaptive capabilities. What this means in practical terms is that if your realtime table lacks critical fields, Asterisk will now emit warnings to that effect. Also, some of the realtime drivers have the ability (if configured) to automatically add those columns to the table with the correct type and length.
• Config file variables may now be appended to, by using the ‘+=’ append operator. This is most helpful when working with long SQL queries in func_odbc.conf, as the queries no longer need to be specified on a single line.
• Many many other changes that are too numerous to list here.

See:

http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/tags/1.6.1.0/CHANGES

For a summary of the changes in this release, please see the release summary:

http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/tags/1.6.1.0/asterisk-1.6.1.0-summary.txt

For a full list of changes in this release, please see the ChangeLog:

http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/tags/1.6.1.0/ChangeLog

The following list of issues were resolved with the participation of the community, and this release would not have been possible without your help!

• Allow disconnect feature before a call is bridged
  Closes issue #11583. Submitted by sobomax. Tested and additional coding by sobomax, dvossel, murf.
• Update app_fax to work with spandsp-0.0.6
  Closes issue #13688. Reported by and patched by irroot.
• chan_h323 with H323Plus for TRUNK (SVN rev. 89183)
  Closes issue #11261. Reported by vhatz. Patched by jthurman.
• Wrong usage of sscanf with use of uninitialized variable caused accidental parsing of RTP/SAVP
  Closes issue #14000. Reported and patched by folke.
• Realtime peers are never qualified after ‘sip reload’
  Closes issue #14196. Reported, tested, and patched by pdf.

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!

The Asterisk Development Team is pleased to announce the fifth release candidate of Asterisk 1.6.1.0. Asterisk 1.6.1.0-rc5 is available for immediate download at http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asterisk/

This release fixes a couple of issues with realtime music on hold that could cause Asterisk to crash, and an issue that caused hungup channels to stay up, leading to 100% CPU usage. Additionally, several minor issues and edge case scenarios have been resolved.

For a full list of changes in this release candidate, please see the ChangeLog:

http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/tags/1.6.1.0-rc5/ChangeLog

Issues found in this release candidate can be reported at http://bugs.digium.com

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!

This release candidate improves the performance of the ast_event cache functionality, fixes issues with rwlock corruption that would cause deadlock like symptoms, fix queue weight behavior so that calls in low-weight queues are not inappropriately blocked, resolves an issue with dropped calls due to SIP re-INVITE ‘glare’, fixes the ability to retrieve voicemail messages from IMAP, and several other minor issues.

This release also includes the change in the AST-2009-003 security advisory, which can be read at http://downloads.digium.com/pub/security/AST-2009-003.html

For a full list of changes in this release candidate, please see the ChangeLog:

http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/tags/1.6.1.0-rc4/ChangeLog

Issues found in this release candidate can be reported at http://bugs.digium.com

Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!