Firstly, thank you devs.
Could anyone please explain to me the 'only main branch was changed to APK'.
What is the difference between the main branch and SNAPSHOT? Will APK eventually take over in any upcoming stable release?
Main branch is the trunk of the repository for OpenWrt source code. Snapshots are the builds created from the tip of that main branch. Each branch, say openwrt-24.10 for example, also has builds from their respective tips, they are unsurprisingly named after the branch, so 24.10-snapshot is a valid build. The 24.10.0-rc5 tag is a post in the ground that marks when that build was created on the openwrt-24.10 branch, and it never varies after creation.
This is already covered on the post: [The future is now: opkg vs apk]
Following is results of testing on all currently supported D1 devices:
- Allwinner Nezha - System boots and Ethernet network works. The XR829 WiFi is not supported. There appears to be a problem with the image as trying to install some packages results in an error indicating Checksum or size mismatch. Some packages install fine, but many others do not. An example of a package that fails to install is 'usbutils'
- Dongshan Nezha STU - System boots and network works fine. Was able to install multiple packages without issue.
- Lichee Pi RV Dock - System boots. However this device only has wifi and although the driver is loaded it does not appear to recognize the device.
- Mango Pi MQ Pro - System boots. However this device only has wifi and although the driver is loaded it does not appear to recognize the device.
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Yesterday I installed RC5 over RC4. All went smoothly but after 5 hours of uptime the router restarted alone (I suppose some crashing). It's a Xiaomi AX3600. Now it has 8 hour of uptime, I will continue observing to see if it happens again.
I have been using RC4 for weeks without problem and snapshots before too.
Thanks for that! I was hoping to see some testing on at least one of those devices, as I changed the DTS names on those and was wondering if they would work (I have none of them).
Tested the the release against NanoPI R6S but I could not get vlan working for eth0 . I haven't had time to investigate more but it worked great using the friendlyelecs build so I believe it's some compatiblity issue.
Sysupgrade to 24.10.0-rc5 from 24.10.0-rc4 on WRT1900ACSv2. Running smoothly. Speedtest seems decreased? luci-mod-rpc working.
Succesfully installed to ASUS RT-AX59U. How to install pkg package manager though?
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Running great on MikroTik RouterBOARD 750Gr3
-- jeremy
I've determined the issue with the WiFi only devices is that the wrong driver is loaded. I will be creating a pull request to fix the issue shortly!
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If reinstall package DHTd, configuration rewrite to default ((
And need upgrade version 1.0.2 to 1.0.5
Use cloudflare or netflix test, they indicate which datacenter was used.
You mean solaris or you mean freebsd?
Sorry I meant apk.
To get apk without undue pain, you need to move to main snapshot. The 24.10 series is built with and includes only opkg, so you need to build from source to get apk (and since apk updates are not backported to 24.10, you'll need to do a lot of work).
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Is it possible / recommended to use the sysupgrade image to upgrade from the RC4 to the RC5?
Or do I need to do additional things?
owut if you have lots of added packages.
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I only got dns-https-proxy installed but I intend to just let it get wiped and I'll configure it myself again. Would using sysupgrade work?