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diff --git a/www/news.html b/www/news.html index ba1d1f4b..7a36a121 100644 --- a/www/news.html +++ b/www/news.html @@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ are sure what is normal anyway."</p> <p>After a longer and slightly more <a href=https://github.com/landley/toybox/commit/07a896862ddf>turbulent</a> -development cycle than some -(the "the <a href=https://landley.net/notes-2020.html#13-10-2020>year</a> -of hindsight" has not let up) +development cycle than some, <a href=downloads/toybox-0.8.4.tar.gz>Toybox 0.8.4</a> (<a href=https://github.com/landley/toybox/releases/tag/0.8.4>git commit</a>) -is out, with new commands <b>sha3sum</b> and <b><a href=https://github.com/landley/toybox/commit/6b4c32ae3986>watchdog</a></b>.</p> +is out with new commands <b>sha3sum</b> and <b><a href=https://github.com/landley/toybox/commit/6b4c32ae3986>watchdog</a></b>.</p> + +<p>There are <a href=downloads/binaries/mkroot/0.8.4>prebuilt mkroot binaries</a> +now, tiny toybox linux systems for a dozen architectures, all bootable under +qemu. (The vmlinux in each tarball is a vanilla linux-5.9 kernel built +from the included config file.)</p> <p>The FAQ got <a href=faq.html>noticeably larger</a>, and the README has more links. New command features include the <b>sed -s</b> flag, @@ -42,26 +45,25 @@ we implemented wildcards, case/esac and select, brace expansion sequences the remaining variable slice types ${a#y} ${a%y} ${a^y} ${a,y} ${a/search/replace}, the "<b>source</b>" shell builtin, the start of job control, and several bugfixes. -Plus the standalone "<b>make sh</b>" build understands MAYFORK now.</p> +Plus the standalone "<b>make sh</b>" build understands MAYFORK now. It's +still missing features like functions() and $((math)) but it's getting +close to usable now.</p> <p><u>Documentation</u>: Some of the README contents moved to the FAQ, and the README's "presentations" -section got some new links. -New FAQ entries explaining mkroot ("how do I build a working Linux system -with toybox") and cross compiling (how to get/setup the 2 compilers and -3 libc we regression test against), plus "where does toybox fit into the +section got some new links. Several new <a href=faq.html>FAQ</a> entries explaining things like +mkroot ("how do I build a working Linux system +with toybox"), cross compiling (how to get/setup the 2 compilers and +3 libc we regression test against), and "where does toybox fit into the linux/android ecosystem". -The "toybox --help" output now lists the project's web page (<a href=https://github.com/landley/toybox/issues/50>by request</a>).</p> - - -<p>Elliott removed +The "toybox --help" output now lists the project's web page (<a href=https://github.com/landley/toybox/issues/50>by request</a>). +Elliott removed getevent (an android board bringup/hardware debugging tool built by running a python script against kernel headers, not really in scope for toybox), fixed xargs help formatting, and taught the toybox multiplexer's command list output (and "kill -l") to measure the current the terminal width -when wordwrapping (previously hardwired to 80 columns).</p> - -<p>If you're curious, I checked in my <a href=www/release.txt>release procedure +when wordwrapping (previously hardwired to 80 columns). +If you're curious, I checked in my <a href=www/release.txt>release procedure checklist</a>, and vixed a stale link in the nav bar on the left ("statistics" changed domains). Firas Khaliki Khana fixed some issues in the roadmap, and Rob |