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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>You can obtain the current stable branch via
14 svn co svn://busybox.net/branches/busybox_1_1_stable
17 <p>The next new development release (1.2.0) is slated for June. A 1.1.3
18 will be released before then if more bug fixes crop up. (The new plan is
19 to have a 1.x.0 new development release every 3 months, with 1.x.y stable
20 bugfix only releases based on that as appropriate.)</p>
22 <li><b>27 March 2006 -- Software Freedom Law Center representing BusyBox and uClibc</b>
23 <p>One issue Erik Andersen wanted to resolve when handing off BusyBox
24 maintainership to Rob Landley was license enforcement. BusyBox and
25 uClibc's existing license enforcement efforts (pro-bono representation
26 by Erik's father's law firm, and the
27 <a href="http://www.busybox.net/shame.html">Hall of Shame</a>), haven't
28 scaled to match the popularity of the projects. So we put our heads
29 together and did the obvious thing: ask Pamela Jones of
30 <a href="http://www.groklaw.net">Groklaw</a> for suggestions. She
31 referred us to the fine folks at softwarefreedom.org.</p>
33 <p>As a result, we're pleased to announce that the
34 <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org">Software Freedom Law Center</a>
35 has agreed to represent BusyBox and uClibc. We join a number of other
36 free and open source software projects (such as
37 <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/141806/">X.org</a>,
38 <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/135413/">Wine</a>, and
39 <a href="http://plone.org/foundation/newsitems/software-freedom-law-center-support/>Plone"</a>
40 in being represented by a fairly cool bunch of lawyers, which is not a
41 phrase you get to use every day.</p>
43 <li><b>22 March 2006 -- BusyBox 1.1.1</b>
44 <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>
45 <p>Update: Rather than put out an endless stream of 1.1.1.x releases,
46 the various small fixes have been collected together into a
47 <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.1.fixes.patch">patch</a>,
48 and new fixes will be appended to that as needed. Expect 1.1.2 around
51 <li><b>11 January 2006 -- 1.1.0 is out</b>
52 <p>The new stable release is
53 <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0.tar.bz2">BusyBox
54 1.1.0</a>. It has a number of improvements, including several new applets.
55 (It also has <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2006-January/017733.html">a few rough spots</a>,
56 but we're trying out a "release early, release often" strategy to see how
57 that works. Expect 1.1.1 sometime in March.)</p>
59 <li><b>31 October 2005 -- 1.1.0-pre1</b>
60 <p>The development branch of busybox is stable enough for wider testing, so
62 <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0-pre1.tar.bz2">download</a>,
63 the first prerelease of 1.1.0. This prerelease includes a lot of
64 <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html">new
65 functionality</a>: new applets, new features, and extensive rewrites of
66 several existing applets. This prerelease should be noticeably more
67 <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/">standards
68 compliant</a> than earlier versions of busybox, although we're
69 still working out the <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net">bugs</a>.</p>
71 <li><b>16 August 2005 -- 1.01 is out</b>
73 <p>A new stable release (<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.01.tar.bz2">BusyBox
74 1.01</a>) is now available for download, containing over a hundred
75 <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2005-August/015424.html">small
76 fixes</a> that have cropped up since the 1.00 release.</p>
78 <li><b>13 January 2005 -- Bug and Patch Tracking</b><p>
80 Bug reports sometimes get lost when posted to the mailing list. The
81 developers of BusyBox are busy people, and have only so much they can keep
82 in their brains at a time. In my case, I'm lucky if I can remember my own
83 name, much less a bug report posted last week... To prevent your bug report
84 from getting lost, if you find a bug in BusyBox, please use the
85 <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">shiny new Bug and Patch Tracking System</a>
86 to post all the gory details.
90 The same applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch
91 is a bug fix or adds spiffy new features, please post your patch
92 to the Bug and Patch Tracking System to make certain it is
97 <li><b>13 October 2004 -- BusyBox 1.00 released</b><p>
99 When you take a careful look at nearly every embedded Linux device or
100 software distribution shipping today, you will find a copy of BusyBox.
101 With countless routers, set top boxes, wireless access points, PDAs, and
102 who knows what else, the future for Linux and BusyBox on embedded devices
103 is looking very bright.
107 It is therefore with great satisfaction that I declare each and every
108 device already shipping with BusyBox is now officially out of date.
109 The highly anticipated release of BusyBox 1.00 has arrived!
113 Over three years in development, BusyBox 1.00 represents a tremendous
114 improvement over the old 0.60.x stable series. Now featuring a Linux
115 KernelConf based configuration system (as used by the Linux kernel),
116 Linux 2.6 kernel support, many many new applets, and the development
117 work and testing of thousands of people from around the world.
121 If you are already using BusyBox, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to
122 BusyBox 1.00. If you are considering developing an embedded Linux device
123 or software distribution, you may wish to investigate if using BusyBox is
124 right for your application. If you need help getting started using
125 BusyBox, if you wish to donate to help cover expenses, or if you find a bug
126 and need help reporting it, you are invited to visit the <a
127 href="FAQ.html">BusyBox FAQ</a>.
131 As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
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