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diff --git a/trunk/UPGRADE.txt b/trunk/UPGRADE.txt deleted file mode 100644 index dcde18981..000000000 --- a/trunk/UPGRADE.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,163 +0,0 @@ -Information for Upgrading From Previous Asterisk Releases -========================================================= - -AEL: - -* Macros are now implemented underneath with the Gosub() application. - Heaven Help You if you wrote code depending on any aspect of this! - Previous to 1.6, macros were implemented with the Macro() app, which - provided a nice feature of auto-returning. The compiler will do its - best to insert a Return() app call at the end of your macro if you did - not include it, but really, you should make sure that all execution - paths within your macros end in "return;". - -* The conf2ael program is 'introduced' in this release; it is in a rather - crude state, but deemed useful for making a first pass at converting - extensions.conf code into AEL. More intelligence will come with time. - -Core: - -* The 'languageprefix' option in asterisk.conf is now deprecated, and - the default sound file layout for non-English sounds is the 'new - style' layout introduced in Asterisk 1.4 (and used by the automatic - sound file installer in the Makefile). - -* The ast_expr2 stuff has been modified to handle floating-point numbers. - Numbers of the format D.D are now acceptable input for the expr parser, - Where D is a string of base-10 digits. All math is now done in "long double", - if it is available on your compiler/architecture. This was half-way between - a bug-fix (because the MATH func returns fp by default), and an enhancement. - Also, for those counting on, or needing, integer operations, a series of - 'functions' were also added to the expr language, to allow several styles - of rounding/truncation, along with a set of common floating point operations, - like sin, cos, tan, log, pow, etc. The ability to call external functions - like CDR(), etc. was also added, without having to use the ${...} notation. - -* The delimiter passed to applications has been changed to the comma (','), as - that is what people are used to using within extensions.conf. If you are - using realtime extensions, you will need to translate your existing dialplan - to use this separator. To use a literal comma, you need merely to escape it - with a backslash ('\'). Another possible side effect is that you may need to - remove the obscene level of backslashing that was necessary for the dialplan - to work correctly in 1.4 and previous versions. This should make writing - dialplans less painful in the future, albeit with the pain of a one-time - conversion. - -* The logger.conf option 'rotatetimestamp' has been deprecated in favor of - 'rotatestrategy'. This new option supports a 'rotate' strategy that more - closely mimics the system logger in terms of file rotation. - -* The concise versions of various CLI commands are now deprecated. We recommend - using the manager interface (AMI) for application integration with Asterisk. - -Voicemail: - -* The voicemail configuration values 'maxmessage' and 'minmessage' have - been changed to 'maxsecs' and 'minsecs' to clarify their purpose and - to make them more distinguishable from 'maxmsgs', which sets folder - size. The old variables will continue to work in this version, albeit - with a deprecation warning. -* If you use any interface for modifying voicemail aside from the built in - dialplan applications, then the option "pollmailboxes" *must* be set in - voicemail.conf for message waiting indication (MWI) to work properly. This - is because Voicemail notification is now event based instead of polling - based. The channel drivers are no longer responsible for constantly manually - checking mailboxes for changes so that they can send MWI information to users. - Examples of situations that would require this option are web interfaces to - voicemail or an email client in the case of using IMAP storage. - -Applications: - -* ChanIsAvail() now has a 't' option, which allows the specified device - to be queried for state without consulting the channel drivers. This - performs mostly a 'ChanExists' sort of function. -* SetCallerPres() has been replaced with the CALLERPRES() dialplan function - and is now deprecated. -* DISA()'s fifth argument is now an options argument. If you have previously - used 'NOANSWER' in this argument, you'll need to convert that to the new - option 'n'. -* Macro() is now deprecated. If you need subroutines, you should use the - Gosub()/Return() applications. To replace MacroExclusive(), we have - introduced dialplan functions LOCK(), TRYLOCK(), and UNLOCK(). You may use - these functions in any location where you desire to ensure that only one - channel is executing that path at any one time. -* Read() now sets a READSTATUS variable on exit. It does NOT automatically - return -1 (and hangup) anymore on error. If you want to hangup on error, - you need to do so explicitly in your dialplan. -* Privacy() no longer uses privacy.conf, so any options must be specified - directly in the application arguments. - -Dialplan Functions: - -* QUEUE_MEMBER_COUNT() has been deprecated in favor of the QUEUE_MEMBER() function. For - more information, issue a "show function QUEUE_MEMBER" from the CLI. - -CDR: - -* The cdr_sqlite module has been marked as deprecated in favor of - cdr_sqlite3_custom. It will potentially be removed from the tree - after Asterisk 1.6 is released. - -* The cdr_odbc module now uses res_odbc to manage its connections. The - username and password parameters in cdr_odbc.conf, therefore, are no - longer used. The dsn parameter now points to an entry in res_odbc.conf. - -Formats: - -* format_wav: The GAIN preprocessor definition and source code that used it - is removed. This change was made in response to user complaints of - choppiness or the clipping of loud signal peaks. To increase the volume - of voicemail messages, use the 'volgain' option in voicemail.conf - -Channel Drivers: - -* SIP: a small upgrade to support the "Record" button on the SNOM360, - which sends a sip INFO message with a "Record: on" or "Record: off" - header. If Asterisk is set up (via features.conf) to accept "One Touch Monitor" - requests (by default, via '*1'), then the user-configured dialpad sequence - is generated, and recording can be started and stopped via this button. The - file names and formats are all controlled via the normal mechanisms. If the - user has not configured the automon feature, the normal "415 Unsupported media type" - is returned, and nothing is done. -* SIP: The "call-limit" option is marked as deprecated. It still works in this version of - Asterisk, but will be removed in the following version. Please use the groupcount functions - in the dialplan to enforce call limits. The "limitonpeer" configuration option is - now renamed to "counteronpeer". -* SIP: The "username" option is now renamed to "defaultuser" to match "defaultip". - These are used only before registration to call a peer with the uri - sip:defaultuser@defaultip - The "username" setting still work, but is deprecated and will not work in - the next version of Asterisk. - -* chan_local.c: the comma delimiter inside the channel name has been changed to a - semicolon, in order to make the Local channel driver compatible with the comma - delimiter change in applications. -* H323: The "tos" setting has changed name to "tos_audio" and "cos" to "cos_audio" - to be compatible with settings in sip.conf. The "tos" and "cos" configuration - is deprecated and will stop working in the next release of Asterisk. - -* Console: A new console channel driver, chan_console, has been added to Asterisk. - This new module can not be loaded at the same time as chan_alsa or chan_oss. The - default modules.conf only loads one of them (chan_oss by default). So, unless you - have modified your modules.conf to not use the autoload option, then you will need - to modify modules.conf to add another "noload" line to ensure that only one of - these three modules gets loaded. - -Configuration: - -* pbx_dundi.c: tos parameter changed to use new values. Old values like lowdelay, - lowcost and other is not acceptable now. Look into qos.tex for description of - this parameter. - -Manager: - -* Manager has been upgraded to version 1.1 with a lot of changes. - Please check doc/manager_1_1.txt for information - -* The IAXpeers command output has been changed to more closely resemble the - output of the SIPpeers command. - -* cdr_manager now reports at the "cdr" level, not at "call" You may need to - change your manager.conf to add the level to existing AMI users, if they - want to see the CDR events generated. - |