I have been holding back 1.6 for a couple of different reasons.

The first is that ensuring that the releases that we already have out there are stable. We have been continuing to work very hard on getting various problems fixed.

The second is that I’m working on some more project management things that I have not yet announced. I have been gathering details about all of the new development projects that we have going on, or that we’d like to do. I’m taking all of these scattered bits of information from personal to-do lists and the brains of developers, and getting it into a project management system that can be used by the development community to track our efforts to help make sure we’re working on the things that the community agrees are the most important for the future of Asterisk. I’ll post much more detailed information about this once I have it ready for the public.

I apologize that 1.6 is going to come a little bit later than I had originally hoped. But, trust me, great things are happening. Not only will the management of 1.6 have the benefits that I have already addressed, but the additional things that we are working on will provide insight into what larger developments are in the works, and when they can be expected in releases. Yes, that means Asterisk will begin to have an official project roadmap.

Stay with me folks, we’re going places.