[LEDE-DEV] LEDE-17.01 Final Release Notes available

[Baptiste Jonglez]

Hi,

Thanks for taking care of this!

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 06:57:40PM -0500, Rich Brown wrote:
> Since no changes have occurred to the release notes in the last 5 days, I assume they are complete and final. 
> 
> If you wish to prove me wrong, please send me a note, or update them directly at: https://lede-project.org/playground/draft-release-notes

I have added a few more things, like precise version numbers of some
software compared to CC.

Some things I am not sure about:

- for the toolchain, there are both GCC 6.3.0 and GCC 5.4.0 in the source,
  which one is used for which architecture?

Some things that I think should be there:

- IPv6 support: since that was the focus of CC, at least mention that
  nothing was intentionally broken (and maybe there were some
  improvement?)

- support for 3G/4G modem: I think there was some work in this direction

- release management: mention that this release should be future-proof,
  unlike CC which broke kernel dependencies in a minor release.  Also,
  packages will get {bugfix,security} updates throughout the lifetime of
  the release.


I will try to improve these points today of tomorrow.

> I have pasted the current text below for your reading pleasure. Thanks, and congratulations on the great work!
> 
> Rich
> 
> -------------------
> 
> LEDE 17.xx First Stable Release - MMM 2017
> 
>      _________
>     /        /\      _    ___ ___  ___
>    /  LE    /  \    | |  | __|   \| __|
>   /    DE  /    \   | |__| _|| |) | _|
>  /________/  LE  \  |____|___|___/|___|                      lede-project.org
>  \        \   DE /
>   \    LE  \    /  -----------------------------------------------------------
>    \  DE    \  /    Reboot (17.01-SNAPSHOT, r####-1234567)
>     \________\/    -----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> THIS IS THE FINAL DRAFT. LAST CHANCE TO MAKE IT BETTER.
> [Final changes include updating “17.xx” everywhere, “MMM 2017” everywhere, final “Reboot” name/version/commit, actual URL for downloads.]
> 
> The LEDE Project (“Linux Embedded Development Environment”) is a Linux operating system based on OpenWrt. It is a complete replacement for the vendor-supplied firmware of a wide range of wireless routers and non-network devices. See the Table of Hardware for supported devices. For more information about LEDE Project organization, see the About LEDE pages.
> 
> Get LEDE Firmware at: http://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/
> 
> Highlights In LEDE 17.xx
> 
> The LEDE Community is proud to announce the first stable release of LEDE 17.xx. It incorporates thousands of commits over the last nine months of effort. With this release, the LEDE development team closes out an intense effort to modernize many parts of OpenWrt and incorporate many new modules, packages, and technologies. These are some of the highlights compared to OpenWrt Chaos Calmer:
> 
> 	• Linux kernel updated to version 4.4.42
> 	• Improved Security Features
> 		• Memory Corruption Mitigation Methods
> 			• gcc -Wformat -Wformat-security
> 			• User space Stack-Smashing Protection (Regular)
> 			• Kernel space Stack-Smashing Protection (Regular)
> 			• buffer-overflows detection (FORTIFY_SOURCE) (Conservative)
> 			• RELRO protection (Full)
> 	• Improved Networking Support
> 		• Smart Queue Management (SQM) minimizes bufferbloat by using the cake and fq_codel qdisc's. More...
> 		• Improvements to the WiFi stack eliminating bufferbloat on ath9k (and some ath10k) chipsets
> 	• Improved Performance
> 		• Nothing specific.
> 	• Updated toolchain
> 		• musl 1.1.15
> 		• gcc 5.4.0
> 		• binutils 2.25.1
> 	• Platform and Driver Support
> 		• Lantiq
> 			• Added redistributable DSL firmware
> 			• Updated DSL phy drivers
> 		• Added new targets:
> 			• apm821xx (AppliedMicro APM821xx)
> 			• arc770 (Synopsys DesignWare ARC 770D)
> 			• archs38 (Synopsys DesignWare ARC HS38)
> 			• armvirt (QEMU ARM Virtual Machine)
> 			• ipq806x (Qualcomm Atheros IPQ806X)
> 			• layerscape (NXP Layerscape)
> 			• zynq (Xilinx Zynq 7000 SoCs)
> 	• New build system supports easier branching
> 		• Building different root file systems for different devices at once
> 	• Added support for a many new routers and boards
> 	• And lots and lots of other advancements…
> As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers, testers, documenters, and supporters.
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> The LEDE Community
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