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pavon a day ago

Yes, a built-in updater would absolutely be my vote. The OpenWRT device knows exactly which firmware build it needs, so having it download the update directly would be much faster and less error prone than having me do it.

I'd still prefer to manually click to initiate the update on my schedule, but the process could be more streamlined.

toast0 a day ago | parent | next [-]

Attended Sysupgrade seems like the solution for this. It looks at your packages, does a cloud build for your board with your packages and you can push a button to update.

Be aware if you're on snapshot, that the packaging situation is iffy right now. opkg is being replaced with apk, and there's some rough edges. I had a sysupgrade build that ended up with neither package manager, and the automatic tool doesn't currently work for doing new builds from an apk system.

My wishlist item would be less churn or at least replacements should integrate as well as the old version.

pavon a day ago | parent [-]

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that package. I'll try it out. It should definitely be added to the default install once the devs are satisfied that it is stable.

dehrmann a day ago | parent | prev [-]

The main issues with the current upgrader is it doesn't install old packages and it can't migrate breaking config changes.