Snapshot is what version?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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When using the snapshot version, can I assume that it is at least the latest version, in this case, 23.05.2 which may or would become another higher version later?

I'm using snapshot but I can't seem to find any info on what version that actually is.

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Nope, here's a picture of how versions work (scroll all the way down to the "Branch logic" section):

Basically, what we call "23.05.2" is actually a branch off the main development branch, and has its own history separate from the snapshot branch. Of course, some stuff like bug fixes in snapshot gets merged back into the 23.05 branch, but all the new features (such as new device support) happens on snapshot.

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No, the snapshot releases are built from the current main branch and have many, many (many!) changes since 23.05 was released.

You can look at https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git for what's on main, and down on the bottom of that page, you can get to the 23.05 tree via the link under "heads".

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In my case, I have a custom software package I build which sometimes needs updating when openwrt gets updated.

I used the snapshop version to build it so am I at least safe to use 23.05.2 as a base for now which will likely be just fine with the next update?

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Sorry, yes, I did look at the versions history but not being a developer, I wasn't sure which is why I asked in the forums.

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Yes.
All 23.05 targets run on kernel 5.15, while many targets have already bumped to kernel 6.1 in snapshot.

Yes. That's the goal.

You can rely on the kernel version, and the build number.

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There are master snapshots and also stable snapshots, so depends on what you have done on your personal dev tree with respect to tag choice, if any.

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Care to elaborate a bit on the nature of this custom software package? Does it depends on specific kernel modules (which does get affected by snapshot versions)?

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To me this is the most complete answer, 23.05 also has a snapshot.
23.05.2 is a tag and is not 23.05 snapshot.

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Thanks to everyone for the help. I wasn't sure which should be the solution specifically but if you think I'm wrong, just let me know.

Thanks again.

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