OpenWrt 21.02-rc1

[Panagiotis Plesssas]

I don't object rc1 now that as there is a bug in the dsa driver that
causes probable memory corruption, rc2 should have dsa though, I don't
think it will take too long for it to get fixed and merged to the dsa
patch and after that we haven't found any issues blocking a merge I
think.


On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 4:15 PM Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> > 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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>
> Hi,
>
> I backported the changes which were requested and went tough the master
> logs and backported some more fixes to 21.02. If something more is
> needed please send a mail to the mailing list.
>
> I would like to tag OpenWrt 21.02-rc1 on tomorrow Monday evening,
> without the LuCI DSA support if it does not get merged before.
>
> Any objections to this plan?
>
> Hauke
>
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