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   <li><b>17 May 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.3 (stable)</b>
     <p><a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.3.tar.bz2">BusyBox
     1.1.3</a> is another bugfix release.  It makes passwd use salt, fixes a
     memory freeing bug in ls, fixes "build all sources at once" mode, makes
     mount -a not abort on the first failure, fixes msh so ctrl-c doesn't kill
     background processes, makes patch work with patch hunks that don't have a
     timestamp, make less's text search a lot more robust (the old one could
     segfault), and fixes readlink -f when built against uClibc.</p>

     <p>Expect 1.2.0 sometime next month, which won't be a bugfix release.</p>

   <li><b>10 April 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.2 (stable)</b>
     <p>You can now download <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.2.tar.bz2">BusyBox 1.1.2</a>, a bug fix release consisting of 11 patches
     backported from the development branch: Some build fixes, several fixes
     for mount and nfsmount, a fix for insmod on big endian systems, a fix for
     find -xdev, and a fix for comm.  Check the file "changelog" in the tarball
     for more info.</p>

     <p>The next new development release (1.2.0) is slated for June.  A 1.1.3
     will be released before then if more bug fixes crop up.  (The new plan is
     to have a 1.x.0 new development release every 3 months, with 1.x.y stable
     bugfix only releases based on that as appropriate.)</p>

   <li><b>27 March 2006 -- Software Freedom Law Center representing BusyBox and uClibc</b>
     <p>One issue Erik Andersen wanted to resolve when handing off BusyBox
     maintainership to Rob Landley was license enforcement.  BusyBox and
     uClibc's existing license enforcement efforts (pro-bono representation
     by Erik's father's law firm, and the
     <a href="http://www.busybox.net/shame.html">Hall of Shame</a>), haven't
     scaled to match the popularity of the projects.  So we put our heads
     together and did the obvious thing: ask Pamela Jones of
     <a href="http://www.groklaw.net">Groklaw</a> for suggestions.  She
     referred us to the fine folks at softwarefreedom.org.</p>

     <p>As a result, we're pleased to announce that the
     <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org">Software Freedom Law Center</a>
     has agreed to represent BusyBox and uClibc.  We join a number of other
     free and open source software projects (such as
     <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/141806/">X.org</a>,
     <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/135413/">Wine</a>, and
     <a href="http://plone.org/foundation/newsitems/software-freedom-law-center-support/">Plone</a>
     in being represented by a fairly cool bunch of lawyers, which is not a
     phrase you get to use every day.</p>

   <li><b>22 March 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.1</b>
     <p>The new maintainer is Rob Landley, and the new release is <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.1.tar.bz2">BusyBox 1.1.1</a>.  Expect a "what's new" document in a few days.  (Also, Erik and I have have another announcement pending...)</p>
     <p>Update: Rather than put out an endless stream of 1.1.1.x releases,
     the various small fixes have been collected together into a
     <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.1.fixes.patch">patch</a>,
     and new fixes will be appended to that as needed.  Expect 1.1.2 around
     June.</p>
   </li>
   <li><b>11 January 2006 -- 1.1.0 is out</b>
     <p>The new stable release is
     <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0.tar.bz2">BusyBox
     1.1.0</a>.  It has a number of improvements, including several new applets.
     (It also has <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-January/017733.html">a few rough spots</a>,
     but we're trying out a "release early, release often" strategy to see how
     that works.  Expect 1.1.1 sometime in March.)</p>

   <li><b>31 October 2005 -- 1.1.0-pre1</b>
     <p>The development branch of busybox is stable enough for wider testing, so
     you can now
     <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0-pre1.tar.bz2">download</a>,
     the first prerelease of 1.1.0.  This prerelease includes a lot of
     <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html">new
     functionality</a>: new applets, new features, and extensive rewrites of
     several existing applets.  This prerelease should be noticeably more
     <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/">standards
     compliant</a> than earlier versions of busybox, although we're
     still working out the <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net">bugs</a>.</p>

   <li><b>16 August 2005 -- 1.01 is out</b>

     <p>A new stable release (<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.01.tar.bz2">BusyBox
     1.01</a>) is now available for download, containing over a hundred
     <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2005-August/015424.html">small
     fixes</a> that have cropped up since the 1.00 release.</p>

   <li><b>13 January 2005 -- Bug and Patch Tracking</b><p>

     Bug reports sometimes get lost when posted to the mailing list.  The
     developers of BusyBox are busy people, and have only so much they can keep
     in their brains at a time. In my case, I'm lucky if I can remember my own
     name, much less a bug report posted last week... To prevent your bug report
     from getting lost, if you find a bug in BusyBox, please use the
     <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">shiny new Bug and Patch Tracking System</a>
     to post all the gory details.

     <p>

     The same applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch
     is a bug fix or adds spiffy new features, please post your patch
     to the Bug and Patch Tracking System to make certain it is
     properly considered.


   <p>
   <li><b>13 October 2004 -- BusyBox 1.00 released</b><p>

     When you take a careful look at nearly every embedded Linux device or
     software distribution shipping today, you will find a copy of BusyBox.
     With countless routers, set top boxes, wireless access points, PDAs, and
     who knows what else, the future for Linux and BusyBox on embedded devices
     is looking very bright.

     <p>

     It is therefore with great satisfaction that I declare each and every
     device already shipping with BusyBox is now officially out of date.
     The highly anticipated release of BusyBox 1.00 has arrived!

     <p>

     Over three years in development, BusyBox 1.00 represents a tremendous
     improvement over the old 0.60.x stable series.  Now featuring a Linux
     KernelConf based configuration system (as used by the Linux kernel),
     Linux 2.6 kernel support, many many new applets, and the development
     work and testing of thousands of people from around the world.

     <p>

     If you are already using BusyBox, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to
     BusyBox 1.00.  If you are considering developing an embedded Linux device
     or software distribution, you may wish to investigate if using BusyBox is
     right for your application.  If you need help getting started using
     BusyBox, if you wish to donate to help cover expenses, or if you find a bug
     and need help reporting it, you are invited to visit the <a
     href="FAQ.html">BusyBox FAQ</a>.

     <p>

     As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.

     <p>Have Fun!

     <p>
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	<li><b>17 May 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.3 (stable)</b>
	<p><a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.3.tar.bz2">BusyBox
	1.1.3</a> is another bugfix release. It makes passwd use salt, fixes a
	memory freeing bug in ls, fixes "build all sources at once" mode, makes
	mount -a not abort on the first failure, fixes msh so ctrl-c doesn't kill
	background processes, makes patch work with patch hunks that don't have a
	timestamp, make less's text search a lot more robust (the old one could
	segfault), and fixes readlink -f when built against uClibc.</p>

	<p>Expect 1.2.0 sometime next month, which won't be a bugfix release.</p>

	<li><b>10 April 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.2 (stable)</b>
	<p>You can now download <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.2.tar.bz2">BusyBox 1.1.2</a>, a bug fix release consisting of 11 patches
	backported from the development branch: Some build fixes, several fixes
	for mount and nfsmount, a fix for insmod on big endian systems, a fix for
	find -xdev, and a fix for comm. Check the file "changelog" in the tarball
	for more info.</p>

	<p>The next new development release (1.2.0) is slated for June. A 1.1.3
	will be released before then if more bug fixes crop up. (The new plan is
	to have a 1.x.0 new development release every 3 months, with 1.x.y stable
	bugfix only releases based on that as appropriate.)</p>

	<li><b>27 March 2006 -- Software Freedom Law Center representing BusyBox and uClibc</b>
	<p>One issue Erik Andersen wanted to resolve when handing off BusyBox
	maintainership to Rob Landley was license enforcement. BusyBox and
	uClibc's existing license enforcement efforts (pro-bono representation
	by Erik's father's law firm, and the
	<a href="http://www.busybox.net/shame.html">Hall of Shame</a>), haven't
	scaled to match the popularity of the projects. So we put our heads
	together and did the obvious thing: ask Pamela Jones of
	<a href="http://www.groklaw.net">Groklaw</a> for suggestions. She
	referred us to the fine folks at softwarefreedom.org.</p>

	<p>As a result, we're pleased to announce that the
	<a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org">Software Freedom Law Center</a>
	has agreed to represent BusyBox and uClibc. We join a number of other
	free and open source software projects (such as
	<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/141806/">X.org</a>,
	<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/135413/">Wine</a>, and
	<a href="http://plone.org/foundation/newsitems/software-freedom-law-center-support/">Plone</a>
	in being represented by a fairly cool bunch of lawyers, which is not a
	phrase you get to use every day.</p>

	<li><b>22 March 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.1</b>
	<p>The new maintainer is Rob Landley, and the new release is <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.1.tar.bz2">BusyBox 1.1.1</a>. Expect a "what's new" document in a few days. (Also, Erik and I have have another announcement pending...)</p>
	<p>Update: Rather than put out an endless stream of 1.1.1.x releases,
	the various small fixes have been collected together into a
	<a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.1.fixes.patch">patch</a>,
	and new fixes will be appended to that as needed. Expect 1.1.2 around
	June.</p>
	</li>
	<li><b>11 January 2006 -- 1.1.0 is out</b>
	<p>The new stable release is
	<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0.tar.bz2">BusyBox
	1.1.0</a>. It has a number of improvements, including several new applets.
	(It also has <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-January/017733.html">a few rough spots</a>,
	but we're trying out a "release early, release often" strategy to see how
	that works. Expect 1.1.1 sometime in March.)</p>

	<li><b>31 October 2005 -- 1.1.0-pre1</b>
	<p>The development branch of busybox is stable enough for wider testing, so
	you can now
	<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0-pre1.tar.bz2">download</a>,
	the first prerelease of 1.1.0. This prerelease includes a lot of
	<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html">new
	functionality</a>: new applets, new features, and extensive rewrites of
	several existing applets. This prerelease should be noticeably more
	<a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/">standards
	compliant</a> than earlier versions of busybox, although we're
	still working out the <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net">bugs</a>.</p>

	<li><b>16 August 2005 -- 1.01 is out</b>

	<p>A new stable release (<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.01.tar.bz2">BusyBox
	1.01</a>) is now available for download, containing over a hundred
	<a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2005-August/015424.html">small
	fixes</a> that have cropped up since the 1.00 release.</p>

	<li><b>13 January 2005 -- Bug and Patch Tracking</b><p>

	Bug reports sometimes get lost when posted to the mailing list. The
	developers of BusyBox are busy people, and have only so much they can keep
	in their brains at a time. In my case, I'm lucky if I can remember my own
	name, much less a bug report posted last week... To prevent your bug report
	from getting lost, if you find a bug in BusyBox, please use the
	<a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">shiny new Bug and Patch Tracking System</a>
	to post all the gory details.

	<p>

	The same applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch
	is a bug fix or adds spiffy new features, please post your patch
	to the Bug and Patch Tracking System to make certain it is
	properly considered.


	<p>
	<li><b>13 October 2004 -- BusyBox 1.00 released</b><p>

	When you take a careful look at nearly every embedded Linux device or
	software distribution shipping today, you will find a copy of BusyBox.
	With countless routers, set top boxes, wireless access points, PDAs, and
	who knows what else, the future for Linux and BusyBox on embedded devices
	is looking very bright.

	<p>

	It is therefore with great satisfaction that I declare each and every
	device already shipping with BusyBox is now officially out of date.
	The highly anticipated release of BusyBox 1.00 has arrived!

	<p>

	Over three years in development, BusyBox 1.00 represents a tremendous
	improvement over the old 0.60.x stable series. Now featuring a Linux
	KernelConf based configuration system (as used by the Linux kernel),
	Linux 2.6 kernel support, many many new applets, and the development
	work and testing of thousands of people from around the world.

	<p>

	If you are already using BusyBox, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to
	BusyBox 1.00. If you are considering developing an embedded Linux device
	or software distribution, you may wish to investigate if using BusyBox is
	right for your application. If you need help getting started using
	BusyBox, if you wish to donate to help cover expenses, or if you find a bug
	and need help reporting it, you are invited to visit the <a
	href="FAQ.html">BusyBox FAQ</a>.

	<p>

	As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.

	<p>Have Fun!

	<p>
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