Open the development line at 0.6.0-dev

Reopens master for work after the release. The package version, the status
badge and the roadmap paragraph all move to the in-development form this
branch uses between releases, where they name the version being built rather
than the one last shipped.

The roadmap paragraph returns to the shape it had at 0.5.0-dev: a short
statement of where the branch is, what has shipped, and one sentence
summarising the release just made, rather than the full release description
that belonged to the tag.

The changelog gets an empty Unreleased heading, replacing the note that
pointed at where the release content had been folded.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-Nothing yet. Everything previously staged here is folded into
-`[0.5.0]` below.
-
 ## [0.5.0] - 2026-08-30
 
 ### Added

Cargo.lock

@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ checksum = "9844ddc3a6e533d62bba727eb6c28b5d360921d5175e9ff0f1e621a5c590a4d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fips"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "arc-swap",
  "bech32 0.12.0",

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "fips"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.6.0-dev"
 edition = "2024"
 description = "A distributed, decentralized network routing protocol for mesh nodes connecting over arbitrary transports"
 license = "MIT"

README.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ![banner](docs/logos/fips_banner.png)
 [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
 [![Rust](https://img.shields.io/badge/rust-orange.svg)](https://www.rust-lang.org/)
-[![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-v0.5.0-green.svg)](#status--roadmap)
+[![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-v0.6.0--dev-green.svg)](#status--roadmap)
 
 A self-organizing encrypted mesh network built on Nostr identities,
 capable of operating over arbitrary transports without central
@@ -299,29 +299,17 @@ testing/      Docker-based integration test harnesses + chaos simulation
 
 ## Status & roadmap
 
-FIPS is at **v0.5.0** on the `master` branch, the first feature
+FIPS is at **v0.6.0-dev** on the `master` branch.
-release since v0.4.0.
+[v0.5.0](https://github.com/jmcorgan/fips/releases/tag/v0.5.0) has
-[v0.4.2](https://github.com/jmcorgan/fips/releases/tag/v0.4.2) was the
+shipped; this development line continues the testing-and-polishing
-last release on the maintenance line, so how much of this release is
+track toward v0.6.0. The core protocol works end-to-end over
-new to you depends on which version you are upgrading from. The core
+UDP, TCP, Ethernet, Tor, Nym, and Bluetooth on a global, public test
-protocol
+mesh of thousands of nodes. v0.5.0 added FreeBSD as a packaged platform,
-works end-to-end over UDP, TCP, Ethernet, Tor, Nym, and Bluetooth on a
+OpenWrt setup helpers for an 802.11s mesh backhaul and an open client
-global, public test mesh of thousands of nodes.
+SSID, an Android embedding interface, a native datagram API addressed by
-
+public key, and published node health with a bounded shutdown drain.
-v0.5.0 is a platform-and-lifecycle release. It adds FreeBSD as a
+New wire-format work continues to be staged on the `next` branch for the
-packaged platform (x86_64 only), OpenWrt setup helpers for an 802.11s
+subsequent release line.
-mesh between routers (`fips-mesh-setup`) and for the open `!FIPS` client
-SSID (`fips-ap-setup`), and an Android embedding interface for apps that own
-their own TUN.
-Node health is now determined at start completion and published as
-`Degraded` or `Failed`, a node with **no transport up is a fatal
-start** rather than a silent one, and shutdown runs a bounded drain
-window (`node.drain_timeout_secs`, default 2 seconds) so live traffic
-is not cut mid-flight. The `node.discovery.*` configuration table
-splits into `node.lookup.*` and `node.rendezvous.*`; a deployed
-`node.discovery:` block still loads, folded in with a one-time
-deprecation warning. New wire-format work continues to be staged on the
-`next` branch for the subsequent release line.
 
 ### What works today