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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/index.html b/docs/busybox.net/index.html index 01eb0b054..b2819d92e 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/index.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/index.html @@ -101,45 +101,55 @@ <ul> <p> - <li><b>30 July 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 released</b><p> + <li><b>11 Sept 2003 -- BusyBox 1.0.0-pre3 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. + Here goes the third pre-release for the new BusyBox stable + series. The last prerelease has help 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> - - 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. + 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> 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... + 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. + + <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!) then next release may be very soon + indeed. + <p> The <a href="downloads/Changelog">changelog</a> has all - the details. As usual you can <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. + the details. And as usual you can + <a href="downloads">download busybox here</a>. <p>Have Fun! <p> @@ -435,6 +445,7 @@ </li><li><a href="http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201522&pcount=&Product_Id=136493">Belkin 54g Wireless DSL/Cable Gateway Router</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?prid=508">Linksys WRT54G - Wireless-G Broadband Router</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.dell.com/us/en/biz/topics/sbtopic_005_truemobile.htm">Dell TrueMobile 1184</a> + </li><li><a href="http://actiontec.com/products/modems/dual_pcmodem/dpm_overview.html">Actiontec Dual PC Modem</a> </ul> |