As is, Asterisk is completely broken in Xenial. A fresh install crashes within seconds of service start up. While I can't guarantee that tracking upstream would fix this particular problem, it stands a much higher chance of getting the attention of the Asterisk developers. Shipping an outdated and unmaintained version isn't doing anybody any favors.
On the other hand, I do understand that developer resources are limited. So, maybe, completely pulling the broken copy of Asterisk from Xenial is the only viable option at this point? As a work-around for Ubuntu users, I found that moving Asterisk into an LXD container works pretty well. Obviously, I can't run Xenial in that container, as it would trigger the same problem. But Debian Jessie has a working copy of Asterisk at this time and that easily installs in a container. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1596405 Title: Obsolete 13.1 LTS branch release in Xenial To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/asterisk/+bug/1596405/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
