README: long-term channel is back! 🎉

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Christian Hesse 2026-01-09 16:01:58 +01:00
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### Software (RouterOS)
Latest version of the scripts require recent RouterOS to function properly.
Make sure to install latest updates before you begin. If new functionality
or a breaking change in RouterOS `7.n` is used in my scripts I push my
change some time after `7.(n+1)` was released. At any time you should have
at least two minor and their bugfix releases to choose from.
Make sure to install latest updates before you begin. This is supposed to
work flawlessly with these channels:
Specific scripts may require even newer RouterOS version.
* `stable` - the latest version considered stable for daily use, including
new features
* `long-term` - a version considered rock-solid, usually one minor version
behind `stable` (`7.(n-1)`)
New functionality or breaking changes in RouterOS are adopted fairly quick.
These changes are pushed for general availability once a version of
RouterOS supporting this had been released to the `long-term` channel a
reasonable time ago.
At any time you should have at least two minor versions and their bugfix
releases to choose from. Often way older versions of RouterOS work just
fine.
On the other hand in seldom cases and for good reasons *specific* scripts
may require an even newer RouterOS version, so only `stable` is supported
temporarily.
> **Info**: The `main` branch is now RouterOS v7 only. If you are still
> running RouterOS v6 switch to `routeros-v6` branch!