[arm-allstar] MAJOR HamVoIP UPDATE 1.7.0-01 RELEASED

[Lloyd Duck]

I keep getting an error. 

Updating...Please do NOT reboot!
:: Starting full system upgrade.
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/local/hamvoip-lsnodes-s
resolving dependencies..
looking for conflicting packages.
fully
warning: could not fully load metadata for package hamvoip-lsnodes
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted package



Lloyd Duck, W5LND


On Dec 25, 2021, at 2:17 PM, David McGough via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:


Hi Everyone!


After about 1.5 years worth of development effort, I have just released a
MAJOR upgrade to the hamvoip-asterisk package.  This package includes the
Asterisk/app_rpt software, which is the software that drives AllStar.  

This is the biggest upgrade in at least a decade, with about 15,000 lines 
of changed software!!

For hot-spot, repeater and node radio users, the most visible change will
be improved performance over the older software--meaning fewer crashes and
fewer audio pops and clicks.

Hub users still running older software will notice major stability
improvements.  This software is currently in use on ALL the worlds biggest
AllStar hubs.

NOTE that if you're a user of Zoiper, DVSwitch Mobile, IAXRPT or other IAX
client software, these clients may NO LONGER CONNECT without a minor
configuration change on the HamVoIP node.  As of this software release,
the IAX2 protocol has "call tokens" ENABLED.  This is a VERY IMPORTANT
security mechanism, which classically was always forced off in the AllStar
software.  This is now changed.  To allow connections from software not 
supporting call tokens, simply modify the iax.conf file incoming stanza. 
For example:

; iax.conf
[iaxphone]
requirecalltoken=no


The whole list of changes is HUGE.  Some of the highlights are:


* app_rpt module -- Massive refactoring of code. Complete overhaul of 
   internal data structures and statistical reporting code, including 
   the AMI interface.  Old highly problematic "remote base" code 
   completely removed (a new remote base system is coming). Major 
   changes in process threads and priority, using work queues for 
   low-priority processing.

* Echolink driver -- The longstanding "garbled audio" issue is fixed! 
   Module unload and reload functions now work. Overall stability 
   greatly improved.  Echolink node "can't connect" issues common 
   after the client software was just launched are fixed.

* VOTER channel driver -- Major AMI performance improvements. stability 
   improvements, including resolving some memory corruption bugs 
   and mutex issues.

* Many, many areas of the core asterisk code, including IAX2 and Dahdi -- 
   Major stability improvements.

*** Please see a partial partial release comments list at the URL, below.  
   These are many of the changes since the last major 
   hamvoip-asterisk package release on June 01, 2020.  Note that the 
   gaps in revisions are where I left out long/complex descriptions 
   of algorithm changes---these are too detailed to be relevant to 
   the general user.

   https://hamvoip.org/release-notes/hamvoip-asterisk-2021-12-21.html



MERRY CHRISTMAS!

73, David KB4FXC


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