Publish firmware selector

[Daniel Golle]

Hi Paul,
Hi Moritz,

On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 11:02:25PM -1000, Paul Spooren wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The firmware selector is a simple search form where end-users can find
> firmware images for devices. It's based on Moritz Warnings great work,
> featuring Petr and Richs code and comments.

Great work, I'm happy to see this is moving forward.

> 
> A staging version can be found here:
> https://firmware-selector.staging.openwrt.org/

Tried for a bit, it's missing a lot of ar71xx-only devices :(
That's sad, because most of them won't ever be added to ath79 and it's
kinda the last chance for users finding more or less up to date
firmware for them. Examples: Allnet ALL0305, Allnet ALL0258N,
ALFA Networks Hornet-UB, ...
Are there plans to make images for those available as well and/or
indicate whether the ath79 or ar71xx variant is being referenced?

I also noticed that when searching for RaspberryPi 3B, it is not
clear whether the 64-bit (bcm2910) or the 32-bit (bcm2909) build is
being probivded, it may be quite crucial for users to know that.

> 
> Moritz and me concluded that the selector is ready for some action,
> which means it would be deployed at the following address:
> https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org
> 
> This should be combined with a newsletter announcement, a forum post and
> link in the download section on openwrt.org.
> 
> Please test the selector and share objections against a release.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Paul
> 
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