I’ve been testing around with rc1 very successfully and now I installed rc2 on other devices that previously ran 24.10.
When I try to install python3-cryptography I simply don’t have that package on the rc2 host on the Zyxel NWA50AX while it is available on a banana pi r3.
root@r3:~# cat /etc/openwrt_release
DISTRIB_ID='OpenWrt'
DISTRIB_RELEASE='25.12.0-rc2'
DISTRIB_REVISION='r32429-d76c64ad00'
DISTRIB_TARGET='mediatek/filogic'
DISTRIB_ARCH='aarch64_cortex-a53'
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc2 r32429-d76c64ad00'
DISTRIB_TAINTS=''
root@r3:~# apk update
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/targets/mediatek/filogic/kmods/6.12.63-1-6bb2fd3da9939ec80449118616aff3fd/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/routing/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/telephony/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/video/packages.adb``]
OK: 10966 distinct packages available
root@r3:~# apk search python3-cryptography
python3-cryptography-41.0.7-r1
python3-cryptography-src-41.0.7-r1
root@nwa50-eg:~# cat /etc/openwrt_release
DISTRIB_ID='OpenWrt'
DISTRIB_RELEASE='25.12.0-rc2'
DISTRIB_REVISION='r32429-d76c64ad00'
DISTRIB_TARGET='ramips/mt7621'
DISTRIB_ARCH='mipsel_24kc'
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='OpenWrt 25.12.0-rc2 r32429-d76c64ad00'
DISTRIB_TAINTS=''
root@nwa50-eg:~# apk update
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/targets/ramips/mt7621/packages/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/mipsel_24kc/base/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/targets/ramips/mt7621/kmods/6.12.63-1-4cc08127904991da91043de9c6422d47/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/mipsel_24kc/luci/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/mipsel_24kc/packages/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/mipsel_24kc/routing/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/mipsel_24kc/telephony/packages.adb``]
[``https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.0-rc2/packages/mipsel_24kc/video/packages.adb``]
OK: 10846 distinct packages available
root@nwa50-eg:~# apk search python3-cryptography
root@nwa50-eg:~#