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

[David McGough]

Lu,

This is a runtime installed update. So, just use admin option #1 to 
download and install this update on any recent HamVoIP node.

73, David KB4FXC


On Sun, 26 Dec 2021, Lu Vencl wrote:

> 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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