The device is supported, but the config is incompatible to the new image

I was trying to install the latest firmware and got this warning:

The device is supported, but the config is incompatible to the new image (1.0->1.1). Please upgrade without keeping config (sysupgrade -n). upgrade: Config cannot be migrated from swconfig to DSA Image check failed.

I would like to avoid upgrading without being able to keep the configuration. Is this an issue that might be resolved with a future firmware version, so I can just wait?

No, the DSA migration is one-time thing, and no automatic migration will happen.
Waiting will not help.

Note that the config incompatibility mainly concern /etc/config/network and system.
Most other config files are ok, but may need verification that e.g. wan interface name is right.

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So, the docs on this to me are not very clear. They go in-depth on how to configure vlans. But what if I haven't really configured a vlan? All my switch interfaces are on a single vlan and all ports are untagged, and i have no filtering on my br-lan interface. I think there will be a decently large group of users that doesn't really understand/nor use VLAN tagging and filtering. So are there any simple instructions on how to upgrade to the new config? Just a "if you want the newest firmware, you have to redo your full openwrt configuration from scratch" is a little unsatisfactory, and probably means a large group of people will never upgrade their openwrt installation.

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