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| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | <ul> | 4 | <ul> |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | <li><b>10 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre4 released</b><p> | 6 | <li><b>23 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre5 released</b><p> |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Here goes the fourth pre-release for the new BusyBox stable | 8 | Here goes the next pre-release for the new BusyBox stable |
| 9 | series. This release includes major rework to sed, lots of | 9 | series. The most obvious thing in this release is a fix for |
| 10 | rework on tar, a new tiny implementation of bunzip2, a new | 10 | a terribly stupid bug in mount that prevented it from working |
| 11 | devfsd applet, support for 2.6.x kernel modules, updates to | 11 | properly unless you specified the filesystem type. This |
| 12 | the ash shell, sha1sum and md5sum have been merged into a | 12 | release also fixes a few compile problems, updates udhcp, |
| 13 | common applet, the dpkg applets has been cleaned up, and tons | 13 | fixes a silly bug in fdisk, fixes ifup/ifdown to behave like |
| 14 | of random bugs have been fixed. Thanks everyone for all the | 14 | the Debian version, updates devfsd, updates the 2.6.x |
| 15 | testing, bug reports, and patches! Once again, a big | 15 | modutils support, add a new 'rx' applet, removes the obsolete |
| 16 | thank-you goes to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for stepping in and | 16 | 'loadacm' applet, fixes a few tar bugs, fixes a sed bug, and |
| 17 | helping get patches merged! | 17 | a few other odd fixes. |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | <p> | 19 | <p> |
| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | And of course, if you are reading this, you might have noticed | 21 | If you see any problems, of have suggestions to make, as |
| 22 | the busybox website has been completely reworked. Hopefully | 22 | always, please feel free to send an email to the busybox |
| 23 | things are now somewhat easier to navigate... If you see any | 23 | mailing list. |
| 24 | problems, of have suggestions to make, as always, please feel | ||
| 25 | free to send an email to the busybox mailing list. | ||
| 26 | 24 | ||
| 27 | <p> | 25 | <p> |
| 28 | 26 | ||
| @@ -36,49 +34,26 @@ | |||
| 36 | 34 | ||
| 37 | 35 | ||
| 38 | <p> | 36 | <p> |
| 39 | <li><b>12 Sept 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre3 released</b><p> | 37 | <li><b>10 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre4 released</b><p> |
| 40 | |||
| 41 | Here goes the third pre-release for the new BusyBox stable | ||
| 42 | series. The last prerelease has held up quite well under | ||
| 43 | testing, but a number of problems have turned up as the number | ||
| 44 | of people using it has increased. Thanks everyone for all | ||
| 45 | the testing, bug reports, and patches! | ||
| 46 | |||
| 47 | <p> | ||
| 48 | |||
| 49 | If you have submitted a patch or a bug report to the busybox | ||
| 50 | mailing list and no one has emailed you explaining why your | ||
| 51 | patch was rejected, it is safe to say that your patch has | ||
| 52 | somehow gotten lost or forgotten. That happens sometimes. | ||
| 53 | Please re-submit your patch or bug report to the BusyBox | ||
| 54 | mailing list! | ||
| 55 | |||
| 56 | <p> | ||
| 57 | 38 | ||
| 58 | The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of | 39 | Here goes the fourth pre-release for the new BusyBox stable |
| 59 | people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be | 40 | series. This release includes major rework to sed, lots of |
| 60 | fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature | 41 | rework on tar, a new tiny implementation of bunzip2, a new |
| 61 | (besides additional testing) that is still still on the TODO | 42 | devfsd applet, support for 2.6.x kernel modules, updates to |
| 62 | list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release is sorting out the | 43 | the ash shell, sha1sum and md5sum have been merged into a |
| 63 | modutils issues. For the new 2.6.x kernels, we already have | 44 | common applet, the dpkg applets has been cleaned up, and tons |
| 64 | patches adding insmod and rmmod support and those need to be | 45 | of random bugs have been fixed. Thanks everyone for all the |
| 65 | integrated. For 2.4.x kernels, for which busybox only supports | 46 | testing, bug reports, and patches! Once again, a big |
| 66 | a limited number of architectures, we may want to invest a bit | 47 | thank-you goes to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for stepping in and |
| 67 | more work before we cut 1.0.0. Or we may just leave 2.4.x | 48 | helping get patches merged! |
| 68 | module loading alone. | ||
| 69 | 49 | ||
| 70 | <p> | 50 | <p> |
| 71 | 51 | ||
| 72 | I had hoped this release would be out a month ago. And of | 52 | And of course, if you are reading this, you might have noticed |
| 73 | course, it wasn't since Erik became busy getting a release of | 53 | the busybox website has been completely reworked. Hopefully |
| 74 | <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> | 54 | things are now somewhat easier to navigate... If you see any |
| 75 | out the door. Many thanks to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for | 55 | problems, of have suggestions to make, as always, please feel |
| 76 | stepping in and helping get a bunch of patches merged! I am | 56 | free to send an email to the busybox mailing list. |
| 77 | not even going to state a date for releasing BusyBox 1.0.0 | ||
| 78 | -pre4 (or the final 1.0.0). We're aiming for late September... | ||
| 79 | But if this release proves as to be exceptionally stable (or | ||
| 80 | exceptionally unstable!), the next release may be very soon | ||
| 81 | indeed. | ||
| 82 | 57 | ||
| 83 | <p> | 58 | <p> |
| 84 | 59 | ||
| @@ -91,52 +66,6 @@ | |||
| 91 | 66 | ||
| 92 | 67 | ||
| 93 | 68 | ||
| 94 | <p> | ||
| 95 | |||
| 96 | <li><b>30 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released</b><p> | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | Here goes another pre release for the new BusyBox stable | ||
| 99 | series. The last prerelease (pre1) was given quite a lot of | ||
| 100 | testing (thanks everyone!) which has helped turn up a number of | ||
| 101 | bugs, and these problems have now been fixed. | ||
| 102 | |||
| 103 | <p> | ||
| 104 | |||
| 105 | Highlights of -pre2 include updating the 'ash' shell to sync up | ||
| 106 | with the Debian 'dash' shell, a new 'hdparm' applet was added, | ||
| 107 | init again supports pivot_root, The 'reboot' 'halt' and | ||
| 108 | 'poweroff' applets can now be used without using busybox init. | ||
| 109 | an ifconfig buffer overflow was fixed, losetup now allows | ||
| 110 | read-write loop devices, uClinux daemon support was added, the | ||
| 111 | 'watchdog', 'fdisk', and 'kill' applets were rewritten, there were | ||
| 112 | tons of doc updates, and there were many other bugs fixed. | ||
| 113 | <p> | ||
| 114 | |||
| 115 | If you have submitted a patch and it is not included in this | ||
| 116 | release and Erik has not emailed you explaining why your patch | ||
| 117 | was rejected, it is safe to say that he has lost your patch. | ||
| 118 | That happens sometimes. Please re-submit your patch to the | ||
| 119 | BusyBox mailing list. | ||
| 120 | <p> | ||
| 121 | |||
| 122 | The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of | ||
| 123 | people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be | ||
| 124 | fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature that | ||
| 125 | is still still on the TODO list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 | ||
| 126 | release is adding module support for the new 2.6.x kernels. If | ||
| 127 | necessary, a -pre3 BusyBox release will happen on August 6th. | ||
| 128 | Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem | ||
| 129 | turns up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release will be ready by | ||
| 130 | then... | ||
| 131 | <p> | ||
| 132 | |||
| 133 | The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all | ||
| 134 | the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. | ||
| 135 | |||
| 136 | <p>Have Fun! | ||
| 137 | <p> | ||
| 138 | |||
| 139 | <p> | ||
| 140 | 69 | ||
| 141 | <p> | 70 | <p> |
| 142 | <li><b>Old News</b><p> | 71 | <li><b>Old News</b><p> |
diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index 3d162b138..363e9a1c2 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html | |||
| @@ -3,6 +3,104 @@ | |||
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | <ul> | 4 | <ul> |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | <li><b>12 Sept 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre3 released</b><p> | ||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | Here goes the third pre-release for the new BusyBox stable | ||
| 9 | series. The last prerelease has held up quite well under | ||
| 10 | testing, but a number of problems have turned up as the number | ||
| 11 | of people using it has increased. Thanks everyone for all | ||
| 12 | the testing, bug reports, and patches! | ||
| 13 | |||
| 14 | <p> | ||
| 15 | |||
| 16 | If you have submitted a patch or a bug report to the busybox | ||
| 17 | mailing list and no one has emailed you explaining why your | ||
| 18 | patch was rejected, it is safe to say that your patch has | ||
| 19 | somehow gotten lost or forgotten. That happens sometimes. | ||
| 20 | Please re-submit your patch or bug report to the BusyBox | ||
| 21 | mailing list! | ||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | <p> | ||
| 24 | |||
| 25 | The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of | ||
| 26 | people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be | ||
| 27 | fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature | ||
| 28 | (besides additional testing) that is still still on the TODO | ||
| 29 | list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release is sorting out the | ||
| 30 | modutils issues. For the new 2.6.x kernels, we already have | ||
| 31 | patches adding insmod and rmmod support and those need to be | ||
| 32 | integrated. For 2.4.x kernels, for which busybox only supports | ||
| 33 | a limited number of architectures, we may want to invest a bit | ||
| 34 | more work before we cut 1.0.0. Or we may just leave 2.4.x | ||
| 35 | module loading alone. | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | <p> | ||
| 38 | |||
| 39 | I had hoped this release would be out a month ago. And of | ||
| 40 | course, it wasn't since Erik became busy getting a release of | ||
| 41 | <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> | ||
| 42 | out the door. Many thanks to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for | ||
| 43 | stepping in and helping get a bunch of patches merged! I am | ||
| 44 | not even going to state a date for releasing BusyBox 1.0.0 | ||
| 45 | -pre4 (or the final 1.0.0). We're aiming for late September... | ||
| 46 | But if this release proves as to be exceptionally stable (or | ||
| 47 | exceptionally unstable!), the next release may be very soon | ||
| 48 | indeed. | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | <p> | ||
| 51 | |||
| 52 | The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all | ||
| 53 | the details. And as usual you can | ||
| 54 | <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. | ||
| 55 | |||
| 56 | <p>Have Fun! | ||
| 57 | |||
| 58 | |||
| 59 | <p> | ||
| 60 | <li><b>30 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released</b><p> | ||
| 61 | |||
| 62 | Here goes another pre release for the new BusyBox stable | ||
| 63 | series. The last prerelease (pre1) was given quite a lot of | ||
| 64 | testing (thanks everyone!) which has helped turn up a number of | ||
| 65 | bugs, and these problems have now been fixed. | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | <p> | ||
| 68 | |||
| 69 | Highlights of -pre2 include updating the 'ash' shell to sync up | ||
| 70 | with the Debian 'dash' shell, a new 'hdparm' applet was added, | ||
| 71 | init again supports pivot_root, The 'reboot' 'halt' and | ||
| 72 | 'poweroff' applets can now be used without using busybox init. | ||
| 73 | an ifconfig buffer overflow was fixed, losetup now allows | ||
| 74 | read-write loop devices, uClinux daemon support was added, the | ||
| 75 | 'watchdog', 'fdisk', and 'kill' applets were rewritten, there were | ||
| 76 | tons of doc updates, and there were many other bugs fixed. | ||
| 77 | <p> | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | If you have submitted a patch and it is not included in this | ||
| 80 | release and Erik has not emailed you explaining why your patch | ||
| 81 | was rejected, it is safe to say that he has lost your patch. | ||
| 82 | That happens sometimes. Please re-submit your patch to the | ||
| 83 | BusyBox mailing list. | ||
| 84 | <p> | ||
| 85 | |||
| 86 | The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of | ||
| 87 | people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be | ||
| 88 | fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature that | ||
| 89 | is still still on the TODO list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 | ||
| 90 | release is adding module support for the new 2.6.x kernels. If | ||
| 91 | necessary, a -pre3 BusyBox release will happen on August 6th. | ||
| 92 | Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem | ||
| 93 | turns up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release will be ready by | ||
| 94 | then... | ||
| 95 | <p> | ||
| 96 | |||
| 97 | The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all | ||
| 98 | the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. | ||
| 99 | |||
| 100 | <p>Have Fun! | ||
| 101 | <p> | ||
| 102 | |||
| 103 | <p> | ||
| 6 | <li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p> | 104 | <li><b>15 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released</b><p> |
| 7 | 105 | ||
| 8 | The busybox development series has been under construction for | 106 | The busybox development series has been under construction for |
