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| releases:snapshot [2017/11/04 15:56] – Added do / dont use snapshot sections tmomas | releases:snapshot [2019/11/08 16:47] – LEDE -> OpenWrt tmomas | ||
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| ====== Development builds / snapshots ====== | ====== Development builds / snapshots ====== | ||
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| + | The first section of this page shall contain only the following two WRAP-boxes. | ||
| + | Rationale: The two boxes can be included in other wiki pages via | ||
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| + | therefore the first section must remain compact and contain only the key messages. | ||
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| The development branch can contain experimental code that is under active development and should not be used for production environments. Snapshot images may support additional hardware; however, it is experimental, | The development branch can contain experimental code that is under active development and should not be used for production environments. Snapshot images may support additional hardware; however, it is experimental, | ||
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| - | <WRAP center round important | + | <WRAP center round important |
| - | **Prebuilt snapshot images do not come with any web interface or GUI**. You will need to be comfortable using a command line and remote shell to install one yourself -> [[docs:user-guide: | + | **Prebuilt snapshot images do not come with any web interface or GUI**. You will need to be comfortable using a command line and remote shell to install one yourself -> [[docs: |
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| ===== Main benefits of snapshots ===== | ===== Main benefits of snapshots ===== | ||
| - | * newest available version of the main LEDE source and every package | + | * newest available version of the main OpenWrt |
| * support for new devices that have been added since the last stable release branching | * support for new devices that have been added since the last stable release branching | ||
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| ===== Do use snapshots if... ===== | ===== Do use snapshots if... ===== | ||
| - | * your are experienced with linux, know how to manage unexpected problems of any kind (not booting at all, bootloops, no network connectivity, | + | * your are experienced with linux and know how to manage unexpected problems of any kind (not booting at all, bootloops, no network connectivity, |
| - | * your are experienced enough with linux to know how to help yourself, should unexpected problems of any kind occur (not booting at all, bootloops, no network connectivity, | + | * there is no other choice, i.e. there is no other stable release available. This may be the case for newly added devices, or devices whose support hasn’t matured enough to be called stable. |
| - | * there is not other choice, i.e. there is no other stable release available. This may be the case for newly added devices, or devices whose support hasn’t matured enough to be called stable. | + | |
| * if stable release suffers from poor performance, | * if stable release suffers from poor performance, | ||
| * you can live without a GUI, or if you are experienced enough to install LuCI yourself | * you can live without a GUI, or if you are experienced enough to install LuCI yourself | ||