[Freifunk-Bonn] Fwd: [gluon] Gluon - Warning about serious regressions in releases v2022.1 / v2022.1.1 / v2022.1.2

[edgar.soldin at web.de]

scheint gefixt,

dann könnte ja eigtl. das multidomain-gluon 2022.1.3 als stabil gebaut werden oder?
der flock-fix für cronjob-skripte sollte dann noch mit rein.

..ede


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Subject: Re: [gluon] Gluon - Warning about serious regressions in releases v2022.1 / v2022.1.1 / v2022.1.2
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2023 00:15:19 +0100
From: Andreas Ziegler <ml at andreas-ziegler.de>
To: gluon at luebeck.freifunk.net

this warning is now obsolete with the just released Gluon v2022.1.3.

-- rotanid


Andreas Ziegler wrote on 19.02.23 02:06:
> Hello,
>
> we want to warn you about some serious bugs in the Gluon releases
> v2022.1 / v2022.1.1 / v2022.1.2. These bugs affect a number of devices.
> We recommend not to upgrade the affected devices without having physical
> access  until fixes are implemented.
>
> 1) Several devices in target ath79-generic don't boot anymore starting
> with Gluon release v2022.1.2, some never, some sporadic. (GitHub Issue:
> https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/2784)
> 2) The devices TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v4 and v5 don't have a working
> 802.11s wireless mesh after upgrading from Gluon releases <= 2021.1.x -
> a fresh setup works. Entering the Config Mode once resolves this.
> (GitHub Issue: https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/2779)
> 3) The devices in target ipq40xx suffer from losing 802.11s mesh
> connections after a while (GitHub Issue:
> https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/2692)
>
> Targets other than ipq40xx and ath79-generic are currently not known to
> be affected.
>
> We are sorry for the trouble and we will update you as soon as we have
> news.
>
> Since these regressions happened in a stable branch, we decided to
> provide a hotfix release 2022.1.3 [1]. Once hotfixes are merged (and
> tested), the corresponding issue will be removed from the milestone.
> When all issues are closed or removed from the milestone, the 2022.1.3
> release will happen.
>
> If you know a bit or two about OpenWrt, feel free to support us. Both
> testing and debugging are appreciated.
>
> -- rotanid
>
> [1] https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/milestone/21
>