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

[Lu Vencl]

Thanks David!  Is this updated reflected in the downloadable image? Or is that coming later?
Lu
KA4Eps

> On Dec 25, 2021, at 3:17 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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