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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>,
+    (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>31 October 2005 -- 1.1.0-pre1</b>
-    <p>The development branch of busybox is stable enough for wider testing, so
-    you can now 
-    <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.1.0-pre1.tar.bz2">download</a>,
-    the first prerelease of 1.1.0.  This prerelease includes a lot of
-    <a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html">new
-    functionality</a>: new applets, new features, and extensive rewrites of
-    several existing applets.  This prerelease should be noticeably more
-    <a href="http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/">standards
-    compliant</a> than earlier versions of busybox, although we're
-    still working out the <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net">bugs</a>.</p>
-
-  <li><b>16 August 2005 -- 1.01 is out</b>
-
-    <p>A new stable release (<a href="http://www.busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.01.tar.bz2">BusyBox
-    1.01</a>) is now available for download, containing over a hundred
-    <a href="http://www.busybox.net/lists/busybox/2005-August/015424.html">small
-    fixes</a> that have cropped up since the 1.00 release.</p>
-
-  <li><b>13 January 2005 -- Bug and Patch Tracking</b><p>
-
-    Bug reports sometimes get lost when posted to the mailing list.  The
-    developers of BusyBox are busy people, and have only so much they can keep
-    in their brains at a time. In my case, I'm lucky if I can remember my own
-    name, much less a bug report posted last week... To prevent your bug report
-    from getting lost, if you find a bug in BusyBox, please use the 
-    <a href="http://bugs.busybox.net/">shiny new Bug and Patch Tracking System</a>
-    to post all the gory details.
-
-    <p>
-
-    The same applies to patches... Regardless of whether your patch
-    is a bug fix or adds spiffy new features, please post your patch
-    to the Bug and Patch Tracking System to make certain it is
-    properly considered.
-
-
-  <p>
-  <li><b>13 October 2004 -- BusyBox 1.00 released</b><p>
-
-    When you take a careful look at nearly every embedded Linux device or
-    software distribution shipping today, you will find a copy of BusyBox.
-    With countless routers, set top boxes, wireless access points, PDAs, and
-    who knows what else, the future for Linux and BusyBox on embedded devices
-    is looking very bright.
-
-    <p>
-
-    It is therefore with great satisfaction that I declare each and every
-    device already shipping with BusyBox is now officially out of date.
-    The highly anticipated release of BusyBox 1.00 has arrived!
-
-    <p>
-
-    Over three years in development, BusyBox 1.00 represents a tremendous
-    improvement over the old 0.60.x stable series.  Now featuring a Linux
-    KernelConf based configuration system (as used by the Linux kernel),
-    Linux 2.6 kernel support, many many new applets, and the development
-    work and testing of thousands of people from around the world.
-
-    <p>
-
-    If you are already using BusyBox, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade to
-    BusyBox 1.00.  If you are considering developing an embedded Linux device
-    or software distribution, you may wish to investigate if using BusyBox is
-    right for your application.  If you need help getting started using
-    BusyBox, if you wish to donate to help cover expenses, or if you find a bug
-    and need help reporting it, you are invited to visit the <a
-    href="FAQ.html">BusyBox FAQ</a>.
-
-    <p>
-
-    As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>.
-
-    <p>Have Fun!
-
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