[MVMA] AREDN Nightly Build Update

Chuck Gelm NC8Q nc8q-aredn at gelm.net
Fri May 9 22:22:13 EDT 2025


On 5/9/25 20:46, Orv Beach wrote:
>
> Now that we have shipped 3.25.5.0, the nightly builds will be a little 
> different. Before we had just a single nightly build, but for the 
> foreseeable future there will be two:
>
>  *
>
>     a nightly build, and
>
>  *
>
>     a babel nightly build.
>
>
> The traditional nightly build will continue to include bug fixes and 
> contains both Babel and OLSR. It will be the base for future Release 
> builds until OLSR is removed.
>
>
> The babel nightly build has no OLSR and should be considered 
> experimental (i.e. don’t put it in places you don’t have easy physical 
> access to). These images are identified by having “babel-” prefixed to 
> the nightly build number. Using this has the following implications:
>
>
>  *
>
>     Babel-only nodes will not know about OLSR-only nodes.  So prior to
>     trying this nightly build, ensure that all the nodes that
>     communications must be maintained with are running at least
>     production build 3.25.5.0, which is dual-protocol.
>
>  *
>
>     LUA support has been removed and is no longer used by the AREDN
>     software. Be aware that LUA applications such as MeshChat are not
>     currently supported.
>
>  *
>
>     Reverting procedure
>
> If you think you might want to revert to the production release, 
> ensure that you’ve done a backup of your node prior to going to the 
> Babel-only nightly build.   If you find you need to revert, then:
>
>  *
>
>     Do a from-scratch install of the production release.
>
>  *
>
>     Restore from the backup.
>
>
> New product support
>
>
> The babel nightly build has the first support for the Morse Micro 
> MM-HL1-EX, a 900MHz, 802.11ah (HaLow) node.
>
>  *
>
>     Price is $99.
>
>  *
>
>     More info here:
>     https://www.mouser.com/new/morse-micro/morse-micro-halowlink-1-router/
>


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