OpenWrt 21.02-rc1

[Bas Mevissen]

On 4/7/21 12:29 AM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How do we want to go forward with OpenWrt 21.02-rc1?
> 
> * I think the base system is ok.
> * The http (original wolfssl) problem reported by jow is fixed
> * LuCI in the 21.02 branch still misses DSA support, this was merged 
> into master some time ago as far as I understood.
> 
> Jow reported this end of March:
>  > I found some serious regressions in the luci device config support.
>  > not sure yet how long it'll take to sort out. The netifd uci config
>  > grew so complex that it'll take a while to try all cases
>  > * changing interface settings after previously enabling certain
>  >   options results in a brick
>  > * wireless networks with custom ifnames are improperly bridged
>  > * option ipv6 for ppp based protocols is broken because it clashes
>  >   with option ipv6 in device sections
> 
> I would like to merge this update of iproute2 if Russel is fine with it, 
> but I do not see this blocking 21.02-rc1:
> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/4025
> 
> If there are some other bugs in the 21.02 branch which are fixed in 
> master, we can backport the fixed as long as they are not so big. If 
> there is something missing, just ask on the mainling list.
> 
> In would like to get 21.02-rc1 soon, so more users start testing it and 
> we get more bug reports.
> 
> How should we continue?
> 1. Tag 21.02-rc1 and do the release in the next days with the current
>     state.
> 
> 2. Merge the LuCI DSA changes from master to 21.02 branch now and do
>     21.02-rc1 ~3 days to see if some big problems come up.
> 

Will Wifi 6 support be added to the interface? We have some support for 
a couple of AX routers, so it would be nice if they can work without 
manually tweaking things.

The underlying structure seems to support it already:
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/got-802-11ax-working-in-linksys-e8450/91533


> 3. Wait till the problems reported by jow are fixed and do the 21.02-rc1
>     them.
> 
> 4. Wait an other 2 weeks and see how it looks them.
> 
> 
> I would prefer if we merge the LuCI DSA changes from master to 21.02 
> branch now and do 21.02-rc1 soon. We should list the problems as known 
> problems.
> 
> It would be nice if someone else could also look into these problems and 
> propose fixes.
> 
> Hauke
> 
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