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2023-04-07 TECH MEETING ​

People & list of topics Cri, Sam, Ilario

Updates ​

Creating the "v2020.2" tag for the release based on OpenWrt 19.07

    git pull upstream OpenWrt_19.07_compatible:OpenWrt_19.07_compatible
    git tag -a v2020.2
    git push upstream-git --tags

And now build!

Build on repo.libremesh.org stops with an error. Maybe due to the old software running on the server??

== 2023-04-01 PROJECT MEETING

People & list of topics Cri, Sam, Ilario

Topics:

  • news
  • website and documentation update
  • need of a Docker image for unit testing on OpenWrt 22.03
  • decide the list of targets for being compiled for release 2020.2 based on OpenWrt 19.07
  • upcoming release LibreMesh 2020.2
  • News about Altermundi roadmap 2023 ?
  • how to use the donations on OpenCollective (e.g. a compilation server, or donation to Battlemesh) https://opencollective.com/libremesh
  • news about battlemesh
  • next meetings dates
  • resume of previous technical meetings and announcement of next technical meeting date

for the next TECH meeting:

Relevant?:

https://communitynetworks.group/t/expanding-openwrt-libremesh-hardware-support/790/5

https://communitynetworks.group/t/openwrt-libremesh-image-building-learning-group/823

For next project meeting:

  • introductions and recent projects and contributions related with LibreMesh

News ​

In the Google Summer of Code we have a solid application by "samlo" for the LibreMesh-related project Resume about the workflow of GsoC for mentors and students: send reports, write posts in the freifunk website

Super nice that Gluon is a new tag standard of hardware supporting openwrt. Gluon added Librerouter in supported hardware

Website and documentation update ​

There are translations on TranslateWiki that have not been copied to LibreRouterOrg/docs https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/issues/257#issuecomment-1453891582

Translations ​

https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Category:LibreMesh we need to have an appointment with Altermundi and Libremesh so we organize to update translation on the website.

WHEN?

Updates about Home page of website https://libremesh.org/ , update of organizations Note about website: https://pad.disroot.org/p/libremeshwebsitechecks_ifuemhfjk

Organizations supporting LibreMesh:

| Guifi.net    | Iberian peninsula | http://guifi.net          | image:img/guifi-logo.png["Guifi.net",role="right"]
| FreiFunk     | Germany           | http://freifunk.net       | image:img/logo_freifunknet.png["FreiFunk",role="right"]
| FunkFeuer    | Austria           | https://www.funkfeuer.at  | image:img/0xff_logo.png["FunkFeuer",role="right"]
| Ninux.org    | Italy             | http://ninux.org          | image:img/ninux_logo.png["NiNux",role="right"]
| AlterMundi   | Argentina         | http://altermundi.net     | image:img/altermundi_logo.png["Altermundi",role="right"]
| Wakoma       | Global            | https://wakoma.co/        |
| LibreRouter   | Global           | https://librerouter.org/   | image:img/librerouter_isologo.png["LibreRouter",role="right"]

Community mesh networks using Libremesh:

| Antennine       | Appennino Bolognese | https://antennine.noblogs.org            | image:img/ninux_logo.png["NiNux",role="right"]
| Janastu CowMesh | Rural Karnataka     | https://open.janastu.org/projects/cowmesh|

Several other community networks are using or used LibreMesh on their devices with their own customizations (network profiles), some of these are listed link:https://github.com/libremesh/network-profiles[here].

  • Add News on the website? the last is about battlemesh, ok. we can update with the date..( Cri)

  • Add list of sure supported device? https://libremesh.org/docs/hardware/ we have a long list of hardware used in various communities, but we don't know whether they used LibreMesh or not on that!

  • Add icon for hardware in documentation page menu we are using FontAwesome 4.3, which is old. We could use newer FontAwesome... https://fontawesome.com/v4/icons/ Ilario will update FontAwesome

Ilario rewrites the Get It! page once we have the 2020.2 release

Need of a Docker image for unit testing on OpenWrt 22.03 ​

Question: about virtualization for testing Libremesh?-> there is the project of the last year and docker images.. moved the conversation on the next topic: need of a Docker image for unit testing on OpenWrt 22.03

https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/pull/938https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/issues/389

Sam can ask to aparcar on Element/Matrix list how to buid a Docker image for that

  • decide the list of targets for being compiled for release 2020.2 based on OpenWrt 19.07 ath79/generic ramips/mt7621 x86/64

??ar71xx/generic??

  • ubnt-lbe-m5

  • ubnt-loco-m-xw

  • ubnt-nano-m-xw

  • ubnt-nano-m

ar71xx/generic will also be compiled

Upcoming release LibreMesh 2020.2 ​

vorremmo compilarla ed esporre dal server da cui esponiamo ora: https://downloads.libremesh.org/releases/ Il server non è aggiornato e non builda, quindi bisogna compilare in locale e poi solo uploadarli. Una volta che ci sono dalla Valsamoggia possiamo testare alcuni target Poi facciamo annuncio ufficiale https://github.com/libremesh/lime-packages/tags

Ilario creates a v2020.2 tag at the commit where G10h4ck created the OpenWrt_19.07_compatible branch.

https://libremesh.org/development-kernel_vermagic.html

News about Altermundi roadmap 2023 ? ​

We have no news, so we can write an email in list and personally to know news.. (Cri)

How to use the donations on OpenCollective ​

(e.g. a compilation server, or donation to Battlemesh) https://opencollective.com/libremesh

Whishlist:

  • pay the travel to the battlemesh for some of librerouter/altermundi (maybe next year or another event)
  • pay the travel for the travel to battlemesh for some people of Antennine (maybe next year or another event)
  • pay the update of the server of downloads CodigoSur? Chiede Cri
  • buy some stickers LibreMesh YES
  • donation for the domain name? for the newsletter ?
  • email @libremesh.org?
  • hardware per testare il supporto?

News about battlemesh ​

This year there is not support for the travel C'è stata un acquisto economico di router per fare la rete di Calafou, c'è il piano di usare Libremesh, plasmacloud pa1200, che hanno openwrt 22.03(?) quindi vorremmo arrivare al battlemesh con libremesh basato su openwrt22.03

Next meetings dates ​

  • project meeting:

During battlemesh, online and in real life , 13utc, 3rd day of the vent -> 10 may

Saturday the 3rd of June 2023 at 13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST, 9:00 ART).

  • technical meeting:

Friday the 7th of April 2023 at 13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST, 9:00 ART).

Closing at 17:24 CEST