24.1 Potentially the "Last one"?

[frunkaf]

Hello,

Brand new potential convert from the other guys. Apologies if this has already been asked and answered.

I'm currently fielding OPNsense on a VM before putting it on bare metal production in my home lab. I noticed the changelog message when updating the firmware...

"...At the moment it is unlcear if this release
will be the last one or not so we shall refrain from stating something that
may not be true in the coming weeks."

Can you expand on this?

The fear I have is going through the process of migrating my environment over to OPNsense only to be met with a similar subscription model or the project itself being dropped.

Thank you very much and I hope to be fully converted over and using this service soon. I appreciate all of the work you guys have put in to make a great product.

[meyergru]

I think that sentence refers to 23.7.11 being the last one of the 23.x series before 24.1.

[Maurice]

No worries. This just means 23.7.11 potentially is the last 23.7 release before switching to 24.1. Or there might be 23.7.12 first and then 24.1.

OPNsense gets two major releases each year (YY.1 and YY.7). Once a new major version has been released, the previous major version is considered legacy and typically doesn't receive any more updates.

Cheers
Maurice

[frunkaf]

oh, well that makes a lot more sense considering the preceding sentence...

"The final test phase for 24.1 is starting just as 23.7 strechtes towards
its inevitable end of life."

I feel embarrassed that I didn't read into the context of the sentence that caused me concern. I suppose I'm jumpy considering the situation with the other guys and licensing lol

Thank you for clarifying :)