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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/news.html b/docs/busybox.net/news.html index a58ed1a33..6c82a23c9 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/news.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/news.html @@ -3,26 +3,24 @@ <ul> - <li><b>10 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre4 released</b><p> + <li><b>23 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre5 released</b><p> - Here goes the fourth pre-release for the new BusyBox stable - series. This release includes major rework to sed, lots of - rework on tar, a new tiny implementation of bunzip2, a new - devfsd applet, support for 2.6.x kernel modules, updates to - the ash shell, sha1sum and md5sum have been merged into a - common applet, the dpkg applets has been cleaned up, and tons - of random bugs have been fixed. Thanks everyone for all the - testing, bug reports, and patches! Once again, a big - thank-you goes to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for stepping in and - helping get patches merged! + Here goes the next pre-release for the new BusyBox stable + series. The most obvious thing in this release is a fix for + a terribly stupid bug in mount that prevented it from working + properly unless you specified the filesystem type. This + release also fixes a few compile problems, updates udhcp, + fixes a silly bug in fdisk, fixes ifup/ifdown to behave like + the Debian version, updates devfsd, updates the 2.6.x + modutils support, add a new 'rx' applet, removes the obsolete + 'loadacm' applet, fixes a few tar bugs, fixes a sed bug, and + a few other odd fixes. <p> - And of course, if you are reading this, you might have noticed - the busybox website has been completely reworked. Hopefully - things are now somewhat easier to navigate... If you see any - problems, of have suggestions to make, as always, please feel - free to send an email to the busybox mailing list. + If you see any problems, of have suggestions to make, as + always, please feel free to send an email to the busybox + mailing list. <p> @@ -36,49 +34,26 @@ <p> - <li><b>12 Sept 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre3 released</b><p> - - Here goes the third pre-release for the new BusyBox stable - series. The last prerelease has held up quite well under - testing, but a number of problems have turned up as the number - of people using it has increased. Thanks everyone for all - the testing, bug reports, and patches! - - <p> - - If you have submitted a patch or a bug report 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 - somehow gotten lost or forgotten. That happens sometimes. - Please re-submit your patch or bug report to the BusyBox - mailing list! - - <p> + <li><b>10 December 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre4 released</b><p> - The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of - people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be - fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature - (besides additional testing) that is still still on the TODO - list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release is sorting out the - modutils issues. For the new 2.6.x kernels, we already have - patches adding insmod and rmmod support and those need to be - integrated. For 2.4.x kernels, for which busybox only supports - a limited number of architectures, we may want to invest a bit - more work before we cut 1.0.0. Or we may just leave 2.4.x - module loading alone. + Here goes the fourth pre-release for the new BusyBox stable + series. This release includes major rework to sed, lots of + rework on tar, a new tiny implementation of bunzip2, a new + devfsd applet, support for 2.6.x kernel modules, updates to + the ash shell, sha1sum and md5sum have been merged into a + common applet, the dpkg applets has been cleaned up, and tons + of random bugs have been fixed. Thanks everyone for all the + testing, bug reports, and patches! Once again, a big + thank-you goes to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for stepping in and + helping get patches merged! <p> - I had hoped this release would be out a month ago. And of - course, it wasn't since Erik became busy getting a release of - <a href="http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc</a> - out the door. Many thanks to Glenn McGrath (bug1) for - stepping in and helping get a bunch of patches merged! I am - not even going to state a date for releasing BusyBox 1.0.0 - -pre4 (or the final 1.0.0). We're aiming for late September... - But if this release proves as to be exceptionally stable (or - exceptionally unstable!), the next release may be very soon - indeed. + And of course, if you are reading this, you might have noticed + the busybox website has been completely reworked. Hopefully + things are now somewhat easier to navigate... If you see any + problems, of have suggestions to make, as always, please feel + free to send an email to the busybox mailing list. <p> @@ -91,52 +66,6 @@ - <p> - - <li><b>30 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released</b><p> - - Here goes another pre release for the new BusyBox stable - series. The last prerelease (pre1) was given quite a lot of - testing (thanks everyone!) which has helped turn up a number of - bugs, and these problems have now been fixed. - - <p> - - Highlights of -pre2 include updating the 'ash' shell to sync up - with the Debian 'dash' shell, a new 'hdparm' applet was added, - init again supports pivot_root, The 'reboot' 'halt' and - 'poweroff' applets can now be used without using busybox init. - an ifconfig buffer overflow was fixed, losetup now allows - read-write loop devices, uClinux daemon support was added, the - 'watchdog', 'fdisk', and 'kill' applets were rewritten, there were - tons of doc updates, and there were many other bugs fixed. - <p> - - If you have submitted a patch and it is not included in this - release and Erik has not emailed you explaining why your patch - was rejected, it is safe to say that he has lost your patch. - That happens sometimes. Please re-submit your patch to the - BusyBox mailing list. - <p> - - The point of the "-preX" versions is to get a larger group of - people and vendors testing, so any problems that turn up can be - fixed prior to the final 1.0.0 release. The main feature that - is still still on the TODO list before the final BusyBox 1.0.0 - release is adding module support for the new 2.6.x kernels. If - necessary, a -pre3 BusyBox release will happen on August 6th. - Hopefully (i.e. unless some horrible catastrophic problem - turns up) the final BusyBox 1.0.0 release will be ready by - then... - <p> - - The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. - - <p>Have Fun! - <p> - - <p> <p> <li><b>Old News</b><p> |