Kannel Development question(s)

Hey guys,

I'm doing some research and testing here, and have been using kannel for a 
while now to act as our SMSC using sms modems. All is well so far, but i 
started using SMPPSim to test the smpp features of kannel as we're going to 
have to link to some carriers' smscs now. Ive found that in kannel 1.1.15 the 
smpp stuff crashes half the time with an octstr line, and I noticed a patch for 
it in the cvs version, but Im not too comfortable using cvs in production (as 
you might imagine!) I also noticed that the last packaged release (1.1.15) was 
a LONG time ago. Do you guys plan on releasing a new version of kannel soon? 
Would you reccomend even using kannel for production as it stands right now? We 
need to move pretty quick and I need to find out whether or not Kannel will be 
featured and stable enough to put into LARGE scale production, linking with 
various carriers SMSC's, or whether I should seek out a commercial program. 
Please be honest, I dont want to end up in a huge mess :) I was considering 
looking to Alligata, or is it even worth it? Just looking for some honest 
feedback from you guys here. My company also entertained the idea of paying for 
kannel development, but we need someone in the Vancouver, BC, Canada area as we 
need face-to-face consulting from time to time on it. :/

-ANY- feedback would be GREATLY appreciated. Ive got to find a full solution 
soon.

Good work so far on Kannel though, guys, its been great to me so far =)