#18054: OpenWRT files does not inform its version
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Reporter: luizluca@… | Owner: developers
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: base system | Version: Trunk
Keywords: |
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OpenWRT files (firmware, ImageBuilder, Toolchain, SDK) have many
information about the target but no info about openwrt itself.
If someone downloads a AA image, BB image or trunk for the same
target, they use exactly the same name.
Many users already asked me for help informing the file they downloaded,
which is not enough to discover the openwrt version they installed (and,
in most cases, it is trunk). Only URL can inform it, that they might not
have anymore.
While testing different firmware version, I also wrote the wrong firmware
by mistake because the same filename.
As a suggestion, OpenWRT version (number or trunk) should be appended to
OpenWRT in files. For example, these files:
* OpenWrt-ImageBuilder-x86_generic-for-linux-x86_
* openwrt-x86-generic-rootfs-squashfs.img
* openwrt-x86-generic-vmlinuz
Would become:
* OpenWrt14.07-ImageBuilder-x86_generic-for-linux-x86_
* openwrt14.07-x86-generic-rootfs-squashfs.img
* openwrt14.07-x86-generic-vmlinuz
or
* OpenWrt-14.07-ImageBuilder-x86_generic-for-linux-x86_
* openwrt-14.07-x86-generic-rootfs-squashfs.img
* openwrt-14.07-x86-generic-vmlinuz
And for trunk, use trunk, datetime or svn revision:
* openwrt20141007010302-x86-generic-vmlinuz
* openwrt-trunk-x86-generic-vmlinuz
* openwrt-r123456-x86-generic-vmlinuz
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/18054>
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