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+  <li><b>31 July 2006 -- BusyBox 1.2.1 (stable)</b>
+    <p>Since nobody seems to have objected too loudly over the weekend, I
+    might as well point you all at
+    <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.2.1.tar.bz2">Busybox
+    1.2.1</a>, a bugfix-only release with no new features.</p>
+
+    <p>It has three shell fixes (two to lash: going "var=value" without
+    saying "export" should now work, plus a missing null pointer check, and
+    one to ash when redirecting output to a file that fills up.)  Fix three
+    embarassing thinkos in the new dmesg command.  Two build tweaks
+    (dependencies for the compressed usage messages and running make in the
+    libbb subdirectory).  One fix to tar so it can extract git-generated
+    tarballs (rather than barfing on the pax extensions).  And a partridge
+    in a pear...  Ahem.</p>
+
+    <p>But wait, there's more!  A passwd changing fix so an empty
+    gecos field doesn't trigger a false objection that the new passwd contains
+    the gecos field.  Make all our setuid() and setgid() calls check the return
+    value in case somebody's using per-process resource limits that prevent
+    a user from having too many processes (and thus prevent a process from
+    switching away from root, in which case the process will now _die_ rather
+    than continue with root privileges).  A fix to adduser to make sure that
+    /etc/group gets updated.  And a fix to modprobe to look for modules.conf
+    in the right place on 2.6 kernels.</p>
+
+  <li><b>30 June 2006 -- BusyBox 1.2.0</b>
+    <p>The -devel branch has been stabilized and the result is
+    <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.2.0.tar.bz2">Busybox
+    1.2.0</a>.  Lots of stuff changed, I need to work up a decent changelog
+    over the weekend.</p>
+
+    <p>I'm still experimenting with how long is best for the development
+    cycle, and since we've got some largeish projects queued up I'm going to
+    try a longer one.  Expect 1.3.0 in December.  (Expect 1.2.1 any time
+    we fix enough bugs. :)</p>
+
+    <p>Update: Here are <a href="http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.2.0.fixes.patch">the first few bug fixes</a> that will go into 1.2.1.</p>
+
+  <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>16 August 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-rc3 released</b><p>
-
-    Here goes release candidate 3...
-    <p>
-    The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details.
-    And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
-
-    <p>Have Fun!
-
-  <p>
-  <li><b>26 July 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-rc2 released</b><p>
-
-    Here goes release candidate 2...
-    <p>
-    The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details.
-    And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
-
-    <p>Have Fun!
-
-  <p>
-  <li><b>20 July 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-rc1 released</b><p>
-
-    Here goes release candidate 1...  This fixes all (most?) of the problems
-    that have turned up since -pre10.  In particular, loading and unloading of
-    kernel modules with 2.6.x kernels should be working much better.
-    <p>
-
-    I <b>really</b> want to get BusyBox 1.0.0 released soon and I see no real
-    reason why the 1.0.0 release shouldn't happen with things pretty much as
-    is.  BusyBox is in good shape at the moment, and it works nicely for
-    everything that I'm doing with it.  And from the reports I've been getting,
-    it works nicely for what most everyone else is doing with it as well.
-    There will eventually be a 1.0.1 anyway, so we might as well get on with
-    it.  No, BusyBox is not perfect.  No piece of software ever is.  And while
-    there is still plenty that can be done to improve things, most of that work
-    is waiting till we can get a solid 1.0.0 release out the door....
-    <p>
-
-    Please do not bother to send in patches adding cool new features at this
-    time.  Only bug-fix patches will be accepted.  If you have submitted a
-    bug-fixing patch to the busybox mailing list and no one has emailed you
-    explaining why your patch was rejected, it is safe to say that your patch
-    has been lost or forgotten.  That happens sometimes.  Please re-submit your
-    bug-fixing patch to the BusyBox mailing list, and be sure to put "[PATCH]"
-    at the beginning of the email subject line!
-
-    <p>
-    The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details.
-    And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
-
-    <p>Have Fun!
-
-    <p>
-    On a less happy note, My 92 year old grandmother (my dad's mom) passed away
-    yesterday (June 19th).  The funeral will be Thursday in a little town about
-    2 hours south of my home.  I've checked and there is absolutely no way I
-    could be back in time for the funeral if I attend <a
-    href="http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2004/">OLS</a> and give my presentation
-    as scheduled.
-    <p>
-    As such, it is with great reluctance and sadness that I have come
-    to the conclusion I will have to make my appologies and skip OLS
-    this year.
-    <p>
-
-
-  <p>
-  <li><b>13 April 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre10 released</b><p>
-
-    Ok, I lied.  It turns out that -pre9 will not be the final BusyBox
-    pre-release.  With any luck however -pre10 will be, since I <b>really</b>
-    want to get BusyBox 1.0.0 released very soon.  As usual, please do not
-    bother to send in patches adding cool new features at this time.  Only
-    bug-fix patches will be accepted.  It would also be <b>very</b> helpful if
-    people could continue to review the BusyBox documentation and submit
-    improvements.
-
-    <p>
-    The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details.
-    And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
-
-    <p>Have Fun!
-    <p>
-
-
-  <p>
-  <li><b>6 April 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre9 released</b><p>
-
-    Here goes the final BusyBox pre-release...  This is your last chance for
-    bug fixes.  With luck this will be released as BusyBox 1.0.0 later this
-    week.  Please do not bother to send in patches adding cool new features at
-    this time.  Only bug-fix patches will be accepted.  It would also be
-    <b>very</b> helpful if people could help review the BusyBox documentation
-    and submit improvements.  I've spent a lot of time updating the
-    documentation to make it better match reality, but I could really use some
-    assistance in checking that the features supported by the various applets
-    match the features listed in the documentation.
-
-    <p>
-    I had hoped to get this released a month ago, but
-    <a href="http://codepoet.org/gallery/baby_peter/img_1796">
-    another release on 1 March 2004</a> has kept me busy...
-
-    <p>
-    The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details.
-    And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
-
-    <p>Have Fun!
-    <p>
-
-
-  <p>
-  <li><b>23 February 2004 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre8 released</b><p>
-
-    Here goes yet another BusyBox pre-release...  Please do not bother to send
-    in patches supplying new features at this time.  Only bug-fix patches will
-    be accepted.  If you have a cool new feature you would like to see
-    supported, or if you have an amazing new applet you would like to submit,
-    please wait and submit such things later.  We really want to get a release
-    out we can all be proud of.  We are still aiming to finish off the -pre
-    series in February and move on to the final 1.0.0 release...  So if you
-    spot any bugs, now would be an excellent time to send in a fix to the
-    busybox mailing list.  It would also be <b>very</b> helpful if people could
-    help review the BusyBox documentation and submit improvements.  It would be
-    especially helpful if people could check that the features supported by the
-    various applets match the features listed in the documentation.
-
-    <p>
-
-    The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all the details.
-    And as usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
-
-    <p>Have Fun!
-    <p>
-
-
-    <p>
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