On 12/11/18 21:20, Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca wrote:
Hello,
There are a significant amount of devices out there that has 4/32
specs. Even brand new ones.
If there is stability issues with newer OpenWrt versions on those
devices, we should rethink LEDE EOL.
Maintenance burden is directly related to the amount of software to
maintain. At the same time, low specs means they might have no
interest in most packages.
Maybe 15.05 life could be extend with a lower cost by limiting
maintenance to a subset of packages (core? even less?). We could
release LEDE 15.05.(x+1) LTS with feeds configured to use only that
subset of packages. We could also limit the images to those low spec
models.
EOL is not really a big deal until it requires a new HW. Routers are
things that die hard, even after a decade. It just doesn't seem right
to turn old working hw into electronic waste because of software.
Keeping old stuff running is even on of the reasons to use OSS.
Regards,
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We are talking of embedded hardware, stuff that can be replaced with
future-proof
hardware (4+ years) for 20-30$ in most cases.
I don't think it is worth the manpower required to have any real attempt
at a LTS
(i.e. backporting security fixes).
Afaik all those that matter enough are being placed in a "tiny"
subtarget of their main target where
they are subject to more aggressive stripping to shrink their firmware
so they can still be useful for a while without being too much of a burden.
But I still think that if the hardware falls too much behind, it should
be let EOL in peace.
-Alberto
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