Who wants to use LEDE, and is still not using it? (and why)

What about the future releases like 17.01.2 or 17.06?
Are they in danger? I imagine the merge will cause some troubles and maybe some delays.

BTW There's still no 17.06 branch.

17.01.2 is planned for end of May

Branching is planned in June

I want to use LEDE on TL-WR1043ND-V4, I can't because there is no hardware NAT support with LEDE, therefore speed will drop considerably.