OpenWRT/LEDE Merger - WHEN?

[takimata]

@chessplayer

Is there going to be a merger at some point in time and where would we find the releases then? Over at OpenWRT or here at LEDE?

There will be a merger but there is no ETA for that yet. Things are moving, but they are moving slowly. When the merger has happened, it is safe to assume that all the resources will be united and redirected to the OpenWrt namespace. Until then, virtually all development happens in LEDE, and until the merger that is where the releases will be. So if you stick to LEDE you will get the latest releases and, ultimately, the information about the move back to OpenWrt.

[chessplayer]

Thanks for getting back to me on that. Will keep track of things ...

[steinmb]

Is there a specific reason to not set a deadline on the merge, just to make sure it get done and not pushed and pushed? I would think having two projects, workflows and with persons in both camps is a little counter productive? To end users, a "little" confusing?

[mindwolf]

Those individuals that don't code, can certainly send small monetary or hardware donations. It would certainly contribute to someone having a nice lunch or dinner, maybe even help offset server/bandwidth costs. money talks, bullshit walks

[stangri]

@mindwolf

Those individuals that don’t code, can certainly send small monetary or hardware donations.

Do you happen to have a link where devs solicit monetary donations?

[tmomas]

AFAIK there is no possibility to make donations of any kind. Not yet.

Donations page

Are things going to be returning to the OpenWRT platform, et al, or is LEDE's current setup going to supercede that? I was under the impression that LEDE would continue as it is, but assume the OpenWRT moniker at some point- but I haven't bothered to fact-check that. I don't have spare cash right now but I do have some hardware that is being underutilized in various POPs- I'd be happy to throw some bandwidth/CPU at it.

Donations to the LEDE project

To whom it may concern. I am just wondering....If you need more disk space to do what you are doing, phase1, phase2. Could you or someone trustworthy set up a site that accepted paypal and kept an online ledger to keep track of income and expenditures for all to view? (It would be open no secrets) It could help the cause. Sorry to bother you it is just a thought. It does not sound like much, but if everyone on irc or using LEED would donate $10.00........ I know I would! You co…

[voidvector]

I did some digging in the above linked mailing list early September when I was buying a few new routers.

From what I gathered then, they were stuck on bureaucratic transfer process for a few month. The original agreement stipulated that the ownership of some OpenWRT assets be transferred to the free software non-profit Software in the Public Interest. The merger got stalled there from July to early October.

That is cleared up now. You can read about some of the new October merger discussions of the mailing list, but all seems administrative.

Please be thankful to all those contributors who are doing great work while still finding time to deal with administrative issues.

[junge_WRT-er]

After the merger, can we do away with the silly mixed drink recipe thing and just go with version
numbers. Bad enough ubuntu and debian do the silly name thing. It really makes projects look stupid-
like they are run by a bunch of nose ringed kids. Sadly, the 90's are over. Long time ago. It was a great decade,
don't get me wrong, but it's over. Can we have grownup version numbers after the merger and lose the silly names?

[anon57995562]

Does that make the firmware better?

[takimata]

@junge_WRT-er

Can we have grownup version numbers after the merger and lose the silly names?

I don't know what your idea of "grown-up version numbers" is, but as for the release nicknames: Yes, they have been dropped.

[sml156]

I don't think you have installed LEDE if you are still seeing the Mixed drink's. As far as I know since 17.01.1 that has disappeared.

[craz]

Something moves

Compiled last night and now I have:
OpenWrt %N SNAPSHOT r5483-abdf0de / LuCI Master (git-17.328.04231-802d5b6)

[anon57995562]

Start your own thread.

This topic is about something entirely different.

Thanks.

[psyborg]

shouldn't it be something like r55483?

[hnyman]

@jwoods

Start your own thread.

This topic is about something entirely different.

LEDE codebase was rebranded as Openwrt a few hours ago, so @craz was quite on top of things.
So, merge is happening NOW.
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/lede-adm/2017-December/date.html
See the last 10 commits here:
https://git.lede-project.org/?p=source.git;a=shortlog;h=d2c06eb0756dea5f473a34b3eb391517318f4132

@psyborg

shouldn’t it be something like r55483?

The revision seems to continue on LEDE basis ( as the codebase continues from LEDE). At least for now. The whole thing is more or less just about renaming LEDE as Openwrt.

[anon57995562]

@hnyman

LEDE codebase was rebranded as Openwrt a few hours ago, so @craz was quite on top of things.

I don't check commits, but I see what you're saying.

My apologies to @craz

[anon20279570]

compiled today and ssh banner says OpenWRT. That's better because i am tired of explaining to people when i recommend this OS what LEDE is and what openwrt was. Now i'll simply recommend OpenWRT everybody knows what it is

[braian87b]

Please, anyone, release ASAP a OpenWRT dumb release as 17.01.5 or 17.02.0 or 18.0.0 and end with this switching nightmare for god sake !!!

[robimarko]

What is your issue dude?

What nightmare are you talking about

[anon57995562]

@anon20279570

That’s better because i am tired of explaining to people when i recommend this OS what LEDE is and what openwrt was. Now i’ll simply recommend OpenWRT everybody knows what it is

@braian87b

Please, anyone, release ASAP a OpenWRT dumb release as 17.01.5 or 17.02.0 or 18.0.0 and end with this switching nightmare for god sake !!!

Pretty simple, actually.

Code base will still be LEDE.

The only thing that will change is the name (branding).