The OpenWrt developers have decided to use opkg in 24.10, remove the option to build it with APK support, and postpone the APK switch in release branches until the 25.xx series. This will give them more time to work out any remaining issues with it in OpenWrt main.
http://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2024-November/043431.html
@hauke Meeting notes have not yet been posted, nor any release goals for this upcoming series.
Edit: Meeting notes have now been posted.