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diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index c55fcfd28..99dd726f9 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html @@ -41,6 +41,72 @@ <p> <li> <b>Take me back to the <a href="http://busybox.lineo.com/">BusyBox</a> web site.</b> <hr> + <li> <b>15 March 2001 -- BusyBox 0.50 released</b> + <br> + + This release adds several new applets including ifconfig, route, pivot_root, stty, + and tftp, and also fixes tons of bugs. Tab completion in the + shell is now working very well, and the shell's environment variable + expansion was fixed. Tons of other things were fixed or made + smaller. For a fairly complete overview, see the + <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>. + <p> + lash (the busybox shell) is still with us, fixed up a bit so it + now behaves itself quite nicely. It really is quite usable as + long as you don't expect it to provide Bourne shell grammer. + Standard things like pipes, redirects, command line editing, and + environment variable expansion work great. But we have found that + this shell, while very usable, does not provide an extensible + framework for adding in full Bourne shell behavior. So the first order of + business as we begin working on the next BusyBox release will be to merge in the new shell + currently in progress at + <a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry Doolittle's website</a>. + <p> + + + <li> <b>27 January 2001 -- BusyBox 0.49 released</b> + <br> + + Several new applets, lots of bug fixes, cleanups, and many smaller + things made nicer. Several cleanups and improvements to the shell. + For a list of the most interesting changes + you might want to look at the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>. + <p> + Special thanks go out to Matt Kraai and Larry Doolittle for all their + work on this release, and for keeping on top of things while I've been + out of town. + <p> + <em>Special Note</em><br> + + BusyBox 0.49 was supposed to have replaced lash, the BusyBox + shell, with a new shell that understands full Bourne shell/Posix shell grammer. + Well, that simply didn't happen in time for this release. A new + shell that will eventually replace lash is already under + construction. This new shell is being developed by Larry + Doolittle, and could use all of our help. Please see the work in + progress on <a href="http://doolittle.faludi.com/~larry/parser.html">Larry's website</a> + and help out if you can. This shell will be included in the next + release of BusyBox. + <p> + + <li> <b>13 December 2000 -- BusyBox 0.48 released</b> + <br> + + This release fixes lots and lots of bugs. This has had some very + rigorous testing, and looks very, very clean. The usual tar + update of course: tar no longer breaks hardlinks, tar -xzf is + optionally supported, and the LRP folks will be pleased to know + that 'tar -X' and 'tar --exclude' are both now in. Applets are + now looked up using a binary search making lash (the busybox + shell) much faster. For the new debian-installer (for Debian + woody) a .udeb can now be generated. + <p> + The curious can get a list of some of the more interesting changes by reading + the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>. + <p> + Many thanks go out to the many many people that have contributed to + this release, especially Matt Kraai, Larry Doolittle, and Kent Robotti. + <p> <p> <li> <b>26 September 2000 -- BusyBox 0.47 released</b> <br> |