Thanks y'all for the excellent ideas, kind words and generous support -- looking forward to helping steward the Asterisk package along with you on the journey in to backports soon after trixie is released :-)
[image: Sangoma] [image: LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/sangoma> [image: X] <https://x.com/sangoma> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/Sangoma/> [image: YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/user/SangomaTechnologies/> Chris Maj Open Source Solutions Advocate P: +1.920.574.9568 E: c...@sangoma.com W: www.sangoma.com <https://sangoma.com/> [image: Sangoma] On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM Benjamin Renard via Pkg-voip-maintainers < pkg-voip-maintain...@alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote: > Hi, > > @Chris, do you think you could make the necessary arrangements to have > your version of Asterisk for Trixie pushed into Debian Testing? You are > certainly in the best position, with the help of your team at Sangoma and > other volunteers who have offered their assistance here and elsewhere, to > make this a reality. This step would not only benefit the current user base > but also demonstrate the commitment and capability of the community to > maintain and promptly update the package, particularly in response to CVEs. > > By including the Asterisk in Debian testing, we can showcase the active > engagement of the user community, potentially facilitating its inclusion in > trixie-backports initially, and finally in the next stable release of > Debian. This would ensure that Debian users have access to up-to-date and > secure Asterisk packages. > > I fear that without progress on this matter, we may find with numerous > Asterisk instances stuck on Debian Bullseye, which will no longer be > maintained after August 2026 with the end of LTS. Additionally, there could > be a proliferation of individual solutions to migrate to Trixie, involving > local builds that are difficult to keep secure. Having up-to-date packages > maintained in testing (and ideally in trixie-backports) would provide an > "official" solution, demonstrating the desire to see the inclusion of > Asterisk return to Debian Forky. > > Thank you all! > > Best regards, > > -- > Benjamin Renard - Easter-eggs > 44-46 rue de l'Ouest - 75014 Paris - France - Métro Gaité > Phone: +33 (0) 1 43 35 00 37 - mailto:bren...@easter-eggs.com > <bren...@easter-eggs.com> > >
