+1 for release. It's just been too long since the last one. The idea of time-based releases is getting lost and this is a process issue we definitely should address.
On Sun, 29 Aug 2021 at 11:44, Hannu Nyman <hannu.ny...@iki.fi> wrote: > > Hauke Mehrtens wrote at Sun Aug 29 02:53:47 PDT 2021: > > > Should we just release with this as a known problem? > > > > Other than this problem I am not aware of any other critical problem. > > We should. > > It is annoying that 21.02 was branched more than 6 months ago, but no final > release has happened by now. Due to the prolonged release process lots of > "new" stuff has already been backported (unlike originally intended) causing > potential new problems, and that will accumulate more the further we wait for > the final release. > > As we depend to a large part also on upstream developments (on kernel and > packages), we will never get perfect releases. > > The 21.02 release is also keeping the kernel 5.10 bump for many targets > hostage (which is then preventing DSA bump, e.g. ipq806x), so that we can > keep testing 5.4 in master for the benefit of 21.02. > (reference to the kernel list at > https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2021-August/036159.html > > Looking back at the history, this 21.02 starts to be the longest period > between major releases (especially if we calculate 15.05.1 as a major > release). > > Lets get this 20.01, 20.07, 20.12, 21.02 finally out before it turns to be > 22.xx in practice... > > I think that the original (LEDE) release process goal was relatively > frequently branched releases and then doing the final releases quickly after > branching. We have now reverted back to the old "let's wait long for > branching and then wait even longer for the actual release". > > The reality is the same than earlier: almost all devs and enthusiasts are > already with master where interesting new stuff happens, so 21.02 rots > quietly waiting for the release. The prolonged wait serves nobody :-( > > > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
