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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
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>
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
22 <a href="http://www.busybox.net/shame.html">Hall of Shame</a>), haven't
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>
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
32 <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/141806/">X.org</a>,
33 <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/135413/">Wine</a>, and
34 <a href="http://plone.org/foundation/newsitems/software-freedom-law-center-support/>Plone"</a>
35 in being represented by a fairly cool bunch of lawyers, which is not a
36 phrase you get to use every day.</p>
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>
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>,
43 and new fixes will be appended to that as needed. Expect 1.1.2 around
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.
50 (It also has <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-January/017733.html">a few rough spots</a>,
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>
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
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
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>
66 <li><b>16 August 2005 -- 1.01 is out</b>
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
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>
73 <li><b>13 January 2005 -- Bug and Patch Tracking</b><p>
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.
85 The same applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch
86 is a bug fix or adds spiffy new features, please post your patch
87 to the Bug and Patch Tracking System to make certain it is
92 <li><b>13 October 2004 -- BusyBox 1.00 released</b><p>
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.
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!
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.
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>.
126 As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
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