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Rob Landley | bb5b2ff | 2006-04-10 20:04:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 5 | <li><b>10 April 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.2 (stable)</b> |
| 6 | <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 |
| 7 | backported from the development branch: Some build fixes, several fixes |
| 8 | for mount and nfsmount, a fix for insmod on big endian systems, a fix for |
| 9 | find -xdev, and a fix for comm. Check the file "changelog" in the tarball |
| 10 | for more info.</p> |
| 11 | |
| 12 | <p>The next new development release (1.2.0) is slated for June. A 1.1.3 |
| 13 | will be released before then if more bug fixes crop up. (The new plan is |
| 14 | to have a 1.x.0 new development release every 3 months, with 1.x.y stable |
| 15 | bugfix only releases based on that as appropriate.)</p> |
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Rob Landley | 0949d30 | 2006-03-27 22:43:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | <li><b>27 March 2006 -- Software Freedom Law Center representing BusyBox and uClibc</b> |
| 18 | <p>One issue Erik Andersen wanted to resolve when handing off BusyBox |
| 19 | maintainership to Rob Landley was license enforcement. BusyBox and |
| 20 | uClibc's existing license enforcement efforts (pro-bono representation |
| 21 | by Erik's father's law firm, and the |
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer | 3515f6e | 2006-04-10 19:16:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | <a href="http://www.busybox.net/shame.html">Hall of Shame</a>), haven't |
Rob Landley | 0949d30 | 2006-03-27 22:43:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | scaled to match the popularity of the projects. So we put our heads |
| 24 | together and did the obvious thing: ask Pamela Jones of |
| 25 | <a href="http://www.groklaw.net">Groklaw</a> for suggestions. She |
| 26 | referred us to the fine folks at softwarefreedom.org.</p> |
| 27 | |
| 28 | <p>As a result, we're pleased to announce that the |
| 29 | <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org">Software Freedom Law Center</a> |
| 30 | has agreed to represent BusyBox and uClibc. We join a number of other |
| 31 | free and open source software projects (such as |
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer | 3515f6e | 2006-04-10 19:16:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/141806/">X.org</a>, |
Rob Landley | 0949d30 | 2006-03-27 22:43:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/135413/">Wine</a>, and |
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer | 3515f6e | 2006-04-10 19:16:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | <a href="http://plone.org/foundation/newsitems/software-freedom-law-center-support/>Plone"</a> |
Rob Landley | 0949d30 | 2006-03-27 22:43:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | in being represented by a fairly cool bunch of lawyers, which is not a |
| 36 | phrase you get to use every day.</p> |
| 37 | |
Rob Landley | 5fba250 | 2006-03-23 03:08:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | <li><b>22 March 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.1</b> |
| 39 | <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> |
Rob Landley | 0949d30 | 2006-03-27 22:43:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | <p>Update: Rather than put out an endless stream of 1.1.1.x releases, |
| 41 | the various small fixes have been collected together into a |
| 42 | <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.1.fixes.patch">patch</a>, |
Rob Landley | 28ff966 | 2006-03-27 23:22:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | and new fixes will be appended to that as needed. Expect 1.1.2 around |
| 44 | June.</p> |
Rob Landley | 5fba250 | 2006-03-23 03:08:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 45 | </li> |
Rob Landley | 734a779 | 2006-01-14 07:43:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | <li><b>11 January 2006 -- 1.1.0 is out</b> |
| 47 | <p>The new stable release is |
| 48 | <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0.tar.bz2">BusyBox |
| 49 | 1.1.0</a>. It has a number of improvements, including several new applets. |
Bernhard Reutner-Fischer | 3515f6e | 2006-04-10 19:16:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | (It also has <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-January/017733.html">a few rough spots</a>, |
Rob Landley | 734a779 | 2006-01-14 07:43:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | but we're trying out a "release early, release often" strategy to see how |
| 52 | that works. Expect 1.1.1 sometime in March.)</p> |
Eric Andersen | 539eef6 | 2003-12-10 12:08:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | |
Rob Landley | 3d283dd | 2005-11-03 22:11:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | <li><b>31 October 2005 -- 1.1.0-pre1</b> |
| 55 | <p>The development branch of busybox is stable enough for wider testing, so |
Rob Landley | c2ce2c5 | 2005-11-04 00:50:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 56 | you can now |
| 57 | <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0-pre1.tar.bz2">download</a>, |
| 58 | the first prerelease of 1.1.0. This prerelease includes a lot of |
| 59 | <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html">new |
| 60 | functionality</a>: new applets, new features, and extensive rewrites of |
Rob Landley | 3d283dd | 2005-11-03 22:11:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | several existing applets. This prerelease should be noticeably more |
| 62 | <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/">standards |
| 63 | compliant</a> than earlier versions of busybox, although we're |
| 64 | still working out the <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net">bugs</a>.</p> |
| 65 | |
Mike Frysinger | 86097b3 | 2005-09-15 01:37:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | <li><b>16 August 2005 -- 1.01 is out</b> |
Rob Landley | fc3f048 | 2005-08-17 01:55:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | |
| 68 | <p>A new stable release (<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.01.tar.bz2">BusyBox |
| 69 | 1.01</a>) is now available for download, containing over a hundred |
Mike Frysinger | 86097b3 | 2005-09-15 01:37:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 70 | <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2005-August/015424.html">small |
| 71 | fixes</a> that have cropped up since the 1.00 release.</p> |
Rob Landley | fc3f048 | 2005-08-17 01:55:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | |
Eric Andersen | 7d1b3d8 | 2005-01-13 17:15:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | <li><b>13 January 2005 -- Bug and Patch Tracking</b><p> |
| 74 | |
| 75 | Bug reports sometimes get lost when posted to the mailing list. The |
| 76 | developers of BusyBox are busy people, and have only so much they can keep |
| 77 | in their brains at a time. In my case, I'm lucky if I can remember my own |
| 78 | name, much less a bug report posted last week... To prevent your bug report |
| 79 | from getting lost, if you find a bug in BusyBox, please use the |
| 80 | <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">shiny new Bug and Patch Tracking System</a> |
| 81 | to post all the gory details. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | <p> |
| 84 | |
| 85 | The same applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch |
Eric Andersen | bc32165 | 2005-01-14 17:08:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 86 | is a bug fix or adds spiffy new features, please post your patch |
Eric Andersen | 7d1b3d8 | 2005-01-13 17:15:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | to the Bug and Patch Tracking System to make certain it is |
| 88 | properly considered. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | |
| 91 | <p> |
Eric Andersen | 9395ca4 | 2004-10-13 09:42:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 92 | <li><b>13 October 2004 -- BusyBox 1.00 released</b><p> |
Eric Andersen | b36900c | 2004-08-16 10:29:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 93 | |
Eric Andersen | 9395ca4 | 2004-10-13 09:42:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 94 | When you take a careful look at nearly every embedded Linux device or |
| 95 | software distribution shipping today, you will find a copy of BusyBox. |
| 96 | With countless routers, set top boxes, wireless access points, PDAs, and |
| 97 | who knows what else, the future for Linux and BusyBox on embedded devices |
| 98 | is looking very bright. |
| 99 | |
Eric Andersen | b36900c | 2004-08-16 10:29:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 100 | <p> |
Eric Andersen | 9395ca4 | 2004-10-13 09:42:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 101 | |
| 102 | It is therefore with great satisfaction that I declare each and every |
| 103 | device already shipping with BusyBox is now officially out of date. |
| 104 | The highly anticipated release of BusyBox 1.00 has arrived! |
| 105 | |
| 106 | <p> |
| 107 | |
| 108 | Over three years in development, BusyBox 1.00 represents a tremendous |
| 109 | improvement over the old 0.60.x stable series. Now featuring a Linux |
| 110 | KernelConf based configuration system (as used by the Linux kernel), |
| 111 | Linux 2.6 kernel support, many many new applets, and the development |
| 112 | work and testing of thousands of people from around the world. |
| 113 | |
| 114 | <p> |
| 115 | |
| 116 | If you are already using BusyBox, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to |
| 117 | BusyBox 1.00. If you are considering developing an embedded Linux device |
| 118 | or software distribution, you may wish to investigate if using BusyBox is |
| 119 | right for your application. If you need help getting started using |
| 120 | BusyBox, if you wish to donate to help cover expenses, or if you find a bug |
| 121 | and need help reporting it, you are invited to visit the <a |
| 122 | href="FAQ.html">BusyBox FAQ</a>. |
| 123 | |
| 124 | <p> |
| 125 | |
| 126 | As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. |
Eric Andersen | b36900c | 2004-08-16 10:29:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 127 | |
| 128 | <p>Have Fun! |
| 129 | |
Eric Andersen | 539eef6 | 2003-12-10 12:08:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 130 | <p> |
Eric Andersen | c7bda1c | 2004-03-15 08:29:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 131 | <li><b>Old News</b><p> |
Eric Andersen | 539eef6 | 2003-12-10 12:08:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | <a href="/oldnews.html">Click here to read older news</a> |
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