22.03.4 and 21.02.6 were officially announced 3 days ago, but only partially.

5o7awbsbl048 at opayq.com 5o7awbsbl048 at opayq.com
Mon Apr 17 14:01:53 PDT 2023


On one hand:
    * two threads were posted in the "Release and security announcements” section of the OpenWrt forum
    * the OpenWrt.org front page has been updated with links to the new versions
    * the release notes are no longer WIP
    * the firmware selector has the new versions
    * the #openwrt IRC channel topic has been updated with the new versions

But on the other hand:
    * the openwrt-announce and openwrt-devel mailing lists haven’t been notified
    * the links on https://downloads.openwrt.org haven’t been updated (still show 22.03.3 and 21.02.5 as the latest)

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I’m also seeing comments on the forum about these builds not booting on at least some ipq40xx devices, due to a UBI issue. They say it’s been patched in master snapshots, 22.03 snapshots, and 21.02 snapshots, but the 21.02.6 release notes say that 21.02 has reached end of life and will not receive any more updates. It seems odd to leave a branch in a state where the last official stable release will not boot on all targets. Thoughts?

https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-22-03-4-service-release/157477/2
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-21-02-6-service-release/157476/4
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/12232 <https://forum.openwrt.org/t/openwrt-snapshot-r22302-on-mr8300/154878>

On my devices (Rpi 4B, R7800, and Archer C7 v2), 22.03.4 is working as expected. I really appreciate all the work you guys do making this great firmware.



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