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