Has this discussion gone anywhere ?
Are we keeping LEDE 17.01 for a little while under these conditions or not ?
Regards
Fernando
On 12/11/2018 18:57, Fernando Frediani wrote:
Totally agree with Luiz. That was the idea behind this proposal and
you managed to even easier words.
Alberto, the tiny subtarget you mentioned doesn't really seem to run
well or stably for 18.06 on many of these devices regardless the flash
size, that's the main point.
As mentioned there are many new devices still coming with 32MB of RAM
and which can take benefit of OpenWrt for various reasons and usages.
I think for many of us here are completely fine to put some extra cash
and buy a newer hardware to cope with OpenWrt evolution but the
reality is that majority of people are not. Another example I wanted
to put to illustrate is an ISP that has thousands of existing devices
with similar specs running, being still able to keep using OpenWrt
more securely while they start to introduce newer hardware to their
customer base allowing to make a more smooth transition to these more
powerful hardware.
Regards
Fernando
On 12/11/2018 18:20, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
Hello,
There are a significant amount of devices out there that has 4/32
specs. Even brand new ones.
If there is stability issues with newer OpenWrt versions on those
devices, we should rethink LEDE EOL.
Maintenance burden is directly related to the amount of software to
maintain. At the same time, low specs means they might have no
interest in most packages.
Maybe 15.05 life could be extend with a lower cost by limiting
maintenance to a subset of packages (core? even less?). We could
release LEDE 15.05.(x+1) LTS with feeds configured to use only that
subset of packages. We could also limit the images to those low spec
models.
EOL is not really a big deal until it requires a new HW. Routers are
things that die hard, even after a decade. It just doesn't seem right
to turn old working hw into electronic waste because of software.
Keeping old stuff running is even on of the reasons to use OSS.
Regards,
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