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Greetings, A while back, I posted a message about an effort to improve automated testing in the Asterisk project. I wanted to give an update on how that project has progressed for those that have not been following along very closely. We started using Bamboo as a continuous integration tool, which you can find running [...]

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The Asterisk Development Team has announced the release of Asterisk 1.8.0-beta1. This release marks the beginning of the testing process for the eventual release of Asterisk 1.8.0. This release is available for immediate download at http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/ All interested users of Asterisk are encouraged to participate in the 1.8 testing process. Please report any issues found [...]

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Asterisk 1.8 will be the next major release of Asterisk with Long Term Support. It has been under heavy development for a while now. The first beta release of Asterisk 1.8 will be available by the end of July 2010. There are many exciting features in Asterisk 1.8. Here are just a couple of the [...]

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See the original post on the asterisk-dev list. Greetings, I think we can do a much better job at testing within the Asterisk project and I suspect you do, too. The vast install base and wide variety of uses gets us very good feedback. However, it is clear that we can do better within the [...]

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I posted a proposal for some updates to Asterisk release policy to the -dev list today. Check it out here and let me know what you think!

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The accepted projects for Google Summer of Code 2009 have been announced. I have posted information about the students participating with the Asterisk project to the asterisk-dev list. Congratulations to all accepted students!

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Greetings everyone, Today, I released a module that allows you to insert static into your phone calls. Are you looking for something to help you get off of annoying phone calls? If so, this module may be for you. The code is posted for public review and download on the Asterisk project code review site, [...]

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John Todd originally posted this message to the asterisk-dev mailing list. I will be attending, and would love to see you there! — [Note: Please pass this note along to European developers who you may know are not actively scanning the -dev list!] The European Asterisk development community may be the largest number of active [...]

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As originally reported on the asterisk-dev list, the Asterisk project’s application for participation in the Google Summer of Code 2009 has been accepted. Hooray! For potential students interested in working with us, our ideas list is here, and feel free to contact me directly at russell (AT) digium (DOT) com if you have any questions.

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Yesterday, official support for MFC/R2 signaling in chan_dahdi was merged, and will be included in Asterisk 1.6.2. Here is the commit. To get a head start on testing Asterisk 1.6.2 with R2 support, check out the code from the 1.6.2 branch: $ svn co http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.6.2 asterisk-1.6.2 Before compiling Asterisk, you will need to compile and [...]

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