| The Asterisk Development Team is pleased to announce the release of Asterisk 12.0.0.  This release is available for immediate download at
 
 http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases
 
 Asterisk 12 is the next major release series of Asterisk. It is a Standard
 release, similar to Asterisk 10.  For more information about
 support time lines for Asterisk releases, see the Asterisk versions page:
 
 https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Versions
 
 For important information regarding upgrading to Asterisk 12, please see the
 Asterisk wiki:
 
 https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/d ... ding+to+Asterisk+12
 
 As a Standard Release, Asterisk 12 contains many new major architectural
 improvements and features. A short list of some of these features includes:
 
 * A new SIP channel driver and accompanying SIP stack named chan_pjsip has been
 added. This new channel driver is based on the PJSIP SIP stack by Teluu. It
 includes support for the vast majority of features currently in chan_sip,
 as well as numerous architectural improvements that alleviate pain points
 present in the legacy SIP channel driver. Users who wish to use the new SIP
 channel driver are encouraged to read the instructions on installing and
 configuring PJSIP for Asterisk on the Asterisk wiki at
 https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/J4GLAQ. Detailed instructions on configuring
 the new SIP stack in Asterisk can be found on the Asterisk wiki as well, at
 https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/hYCLAQ.
 
 * The Asterisk REST Interface (ARI) has been added. This interface lets
 external systems harness the telephony primitives within Asterisk to develop
 their own communications applications. Communication with Asterisk is done
 through a RESTful interface, while asynchronous events from Asterisk are
 encoded in JSON and sent via a WebSocket. More information on ARI can be found
 at https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/lYBbAQ
 
 * Major standardization of the Asterisk Manager Interface and its events have
 occurred within this version. In particular, the names of Asterisk channels
 no longer change and are stable throughout the lifetime of the channel.
 More information on the changes in AMI can be seen in the AMI v2
 Specification at https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/x/dAFRAQ
 
 * All bridging within Asterisk is now performed using the Asterisk Bridging API,
 which previously was only used by the ConfBridge application. This affords
 Asterisk users greater stability, and has resulted in the abstraction of
 channel masquerades, renaming, and other internal implementation details. It
 also allows for the seamless transition between two-party and multi-party
 bridges using core features.
 
 And much more!
 
 Please note that Asterisk 12 went through both an alpha and a beta testing
 process. During this time, many bugs were fixed, features enhanced, and
 improvements made. If you participated during the alpha and beta testing
 process, thank you! Please note that Asterisk 12 has changed as a result of the
 testing, and the UPGRADE and CHANGES notes should still be reviewed.
 
 Information about the new features and changes in Asterisk 12 can be found on
 the Asterisk wiki:
 
 https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/d ... sk+12+Documentation
 
 A full list of all new features can also be found in the CHANGES file:
 
 http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/12/CHANGES
 
 For a full list of changes in the current release, please see the ChangeLog:
 
 http://downloads.asterisk.org/pu ... es/ChangeLog-12.0.0
 
 Thank you for your continued support of Asterisk!
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