On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 at 03:28, Rich Brown <richb.hano...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Congratulations on 24.10-rc1! This is the culmination of a ton of hard work. > > A question about APK... There are two significant posts to the Forum > heralding the arrival of APK. These were posted well before the meeting last > week with the decision not to make the switch in 24.10. The posts are: > > - https://forum.openwrt.org/t/major-change-notice-new-package-manager/215682 > - https://forum.openwrt.org/t/the-future-is-now-opkg-vs-apk/201164 > > Is there a succinct description of the current plan for opkg in 24.10 and the > transition to APK going forward? That will make it easier for the Forum > posters to update the message topics. Thanks.
Hi Rich, APK will continue being the default in main and the release after 24.10 will use it instead of OPKG. Regards, Robert > > Rich > > > > On Dec 2, 2024, at 7:17 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <ha...@hauke-m.de> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first release candidate of > > the upcoming OpenWrt 24.10 stable series. > > OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc1 incorporates over 5100 commits since branching the > > previous OpenWrt 23.05 release and has been under development for over one > > year. > > > > **This is just a release candidate and not the final release yet.** > > > > Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: > > * > > https://openwrt.github.io/firmware-selector-openwrt-org?version=24.10.0-rc1 > > Download firmware images directly from our download servers: > > * https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0-rc1/targets/ > > > > > > Please test this version > > ======================== > > > > This is not the final version, this is a test version. Please report > > problems and bugs in our issue tracker. > > https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues > > > > > > Highlights in OpenWrt 24.10: > > =========================== > > > > General changes > > =============== > > > > * TLS 1.3 support in default images > > * mbedtls was updated to version 3.6 which includes support for > > TLS 1.3 > > * Activate POSIX Access Control Lists and file system security > > attributes for all file systems on devices with big flash sizes. This > > is needed by docker nowadays. > > * Activate kernel support for Multipath TCP on devices with big flash > > sizes. > > > > > > Many new devices added > > ====================== > > > > OpenWrt 24.10 supports over 1950 devices. Support for over 100 new devices > > was added in addition to the device support by OpenWrt 23.05. > > > > * Added d1 target for AllWinner D1 RISC-V SoC > > * Added ixp4xx target for Intel XScale IXP4xx SoCs. > > * Added loongarch64 target for SoCs with Loongson LoongArch CPUs. > > * Added starfive target for StarFive JH71x0 (7100/7110) SoCs. > > * Added stm32 target for STMicroelectronics STM32 SoCs. > > * Renamed ipq807x target to qualcommax. > > * Removed ath25 target. It supported Atheros ieee80211g devices with > > maximum 16MB RAM > > * Removed bcm63xx target. It supported some Boardcom DSL MIPS SoCs and > > was replaced by the bmips target. The Boardcom DSL itself was never > > supported. > > * Removed octeontx target. It supported the Octeon-TX CN80XX/CN81XX > > based boards. > > * Removed oxnas target. It supported the PLXTECH/Oxford NAS782x/OX8xx. > > > > Core components update > > ====================== > > > > Core components have the following versions in 24.10.0-rc1: > > > > * Updated toolchain: > > * musl libc 1.2.5 > > * glibc 2.38 > > * gcc 13.3.0 > > * binutils 2.42 > > * Updated Linux kernel > > * 6.6.63 for all targets > > * Network: > > * hostapd master snapshot from September 2024, dnsmasq 2.90, > > dropbear 2024.86 > > * cfg80211/mac80211 from kernel 6.11.2 > > > > > > Upgrading to 24.10 > > =================== > > > > Sysupgrade can be used to upgrade a device from 23.05 to 24.10, and > > configuration will be preserved in most cases. > > > > * Sysupgrade from 22.03 to 24.10 is not officially supported. > > > > * User of the Linksys E8450 aka. Belkin RT3200 running OpenWrt 23.05 or > > earlier will need to run installer version > > https://github.com/dangowrt/owrt-ubi-installer/releases/tag/v1.1.3 > > or later in order to reorganize the UBI layout for the 24.10 release. > > > > ----------------- > > > > Full release notes and upgrade instructions are available at > > https://openwrt.org/releases/24.10/notes-24.10.0-rc1 > > > > In particular, make sure to read the regressions and known issues before > > upgrading: > > https://openwrt.org/releases/24.10/notes-24.10.0-rc1#known_issues > > > > For a detailed list of all changes since 23.05.0, refer to > > https://openwrt.org/releases/24.10/changelog-24.10.0-rc1 > > > > To download the 24.10.0-rc1 images, navigate to: > > https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0-rc1/targets/ > > Use OpenWrt Firmware Selector to download: > > https://openwrt.github.io/firmware-selector-openwrt-org?version=24.10.0-rc1 > > > > As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers, > > testers, documenters and supporters. > > > > Have fun! > > > > The OpenWrt Community > > > > --- > > > > To stay informed of new OpenWrt releases and security advisories, there > > are new channels available: > > > > * a low-volume mailing list for important announcements: > > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-announce > > > > * a dedicated "announcements" section in the forum: > > https://forum.openwrt.org/c/announcements/14 > > > > * other announcement channels (such as RSS feeds) might be added in the > > future, they will be listed at https://openwrt.org/contact > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
