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diff --git a/www/news.html b/www/news.html index 23182e31..0ba246a8 100755 --- a/www/news.html +++ b/www/news.html @@ -171,125 +171,7 @@ implementation of Android systems everywhere.</p> <p>More to come...</p> <hr> -<p><b>December 1, 2009</b> - <a href=downloads/toybox-0.1.0.tar.bz2>toybox-0.1.0</a> is out.</p> -<p>This release is a couple build fixes and another bugfix to patch.</p> - -<hr> -<p><b>April 17, 2009</b> - Another bugfix release, -<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.9.2.tar.bz2>toybox-0.0.9.2</a>, off by one allocation error in patch.</p> - -<p>(Darn fiddly command, innit?)</p> - -<hr> -<p><b>March 29, 2009</b> - Released -<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.9.1.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.9.1</a> which is a bugfix -release for issues with the patch command.</p> - -<p>The project is currently on hold while the developers learn Lua and -decide whether or not to port the whole thing to that language. -(Also note: the mailing list moved. See the links on the left. You'll -have to resubscribe.)</p> - -<hr> -<p><b>January 29, 2009</b> - Released -<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.9.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.9.tar.bz2</a> which is a minor packaging -fix for 0.0.8. (The previous release tarball contained a prebuilt x86-64 -kconfig/conf file, because the release script ran defconfig to -pregenerate help.h, and didn't run make clean afterwards.) The actual source -code is identical to the previous release.</p> - -<hr> -<p><b>January 20, 2009</b> - <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.8.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.8</a> -adds the uname, cksum, and mkswapfs commands.</p> - -<p>This uname implementation is cross compile friendly: when built as a 32 bit -binary on an x86_64 host, it reports "i686" to confuse autoconf less.</p> - -<p>This cksum has several extra command line options which can be used to -produce different cksum variants based on the same crc32 algorithm. For -example, the broadcom "trx" image packaging uses a little endian crc, -pre-inverted instead of post-inverted, and does not include the length. -(Without these arguments, it produces the normal SUSv4 cksum output.)</p> - -<p>It also upgrades netcat with a server mode (-l option) and fixes several -netcat bugs. It also fixed multiple bugs in "patch", works around a -reiserfs bug in cp, and oneit can reboot on exit more reliably.</p> - -<p><b>November 12, 2008</b> - -<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.7.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.7</a> -adds sort and tee commands, upgrades the internal option parsing logic and the -test suite, and numerous bugfixes (bunzip, chroot, cat, patch).</p> - -<p><b>May 26, 2008</b> - <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.6.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.6</a> -adds cat, rmdir, and seq. Bugfixes to cp and a new -v option. Updates mdev to -work with the 2.6.25 kernel. Updates patch to knows that a file dated -1969-12-31 means it doesn't exist, and to fail if a file it needs to create -already exists. Command line option parsing can now handle things like "echo --nex" vs "echo -ne". Several updates to the test suite (run scripts/test.sh), -and some build fixes.</p> - -<p> -<hr> -<p><b>March 29, 2008</b> - -Time to release <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.5.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.5</a>, with -new commands cp and chvt and several bugfixes.</p> - -<p>More makefile targets: "make test" runs the test suite (which needs more test -scripts), and make install/install_flat/uninstall/uninstall_flat calls -make/install.sh (with options --long --symlink --force --uninstall depending -on the context).</p> - -<p>Most of the work has been behind the scenes, namely a significant rewrite of -the build logic so adding each new command consists of adding a single C file to -the "toys" directory, eliminating the need to touch any other files. -There are specially formatted comments at the top of the C file to generate -the other files, see toys/hello.c for an example. (See generated/README.txt -and <a href=code.html>code.html</a> for details.)</p> - -<p><b>January 2, 2008</b> - And <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.4.tar.bz2>toybox-0.0.4.tar.bz2</a> is out. -The new applets this time around include basename, chroot, dirname, dmesg, -help, mkfifo, netcat, patch, sha1sum, touch, and tty.</p> - -<p>Note that this "touch" includes -l to set the length, which can truncate -a file or create a commpletely sparse file, good for filesystem images.</p> - -<p>Expect the next release in about 6 months.</p> - -<p><b>December 12, 2007</b> - Updated the list of implemented applications, -put up a <a href=todo.txt>todo list</a> and <a href=code.html>infrastructure -documentation</a>. Expect another release towards the end of the month.</p> - -<p><b>June 18, 2007</b> - Put out -<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.3.tar.bz2>toybox-0.0.3.tar.bz2</a> since it's -been too long since I did something like that. This one implements -catv, count, df, echo, false, oneit, pwd, sleep, sync, toysh, true, which, -and yes (which is what "make defconfig" enables). There are several other -commands not enabled by defconfig, because they don't really work yet.</p> - -<p>Most of the general infrastructure's there now, although lots of tweaking -and optimizing is still needed. The test suite is skeletal and not entirely -checked in yet, but I'm working on that.</p> - -<p>I don't have nearly as much time to work on this as I'd like, but I'm making -a little progress.</p> - -<p><b>January 31, 2007</b> - -Toybox <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.2.tar.bz2>0.0.2 release</a>. -Implements count, yes, pwd, echo, bzcat, catv, oneit, and an unfinished -skeleton of mke2fs. Adds argument parsing logic and bunzip code to library. -Now configured with menuconfig. Adds "make baseline" and "make bloatcheck" -using Matt Mackall's bloat-o-meter, and scripts/showasm.</p> - -<p>Screwing up the web page a bit, adding an index bar along the side -which doesn't properly connect up to anything yet. (Busy implementing -mke2fs and gene2fs.)</p> - -<p><b>October 30, 2006</b> - -Toybox <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.1.tar.bz2>0.0.1 release</a>. Implements -df, a skeletal toysh, and some library functions. Proof of concept, really.</p> - -<p><b>September 7, 2006</b> - -Project launched, first commit to mercurial archive.</p> +<p><a href=oldnews.html>Old news</a> from before the relaunch.</p> <!--#include file="footer.html" --> diff --git a/www/oldnews.html b/www/oldnews.html new file mode 100755 index 00000000..116d4c18 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/oldnews.html @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +<!--#include file="header.html" --> + +<h2>Old News</h2> + +<p>This project <a href=http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2006-September/024794.html>started in 2006</a>, got mothballed in 2009 +<a href=http://landley.net/notes-2009.html#18-06-2009>for</a> +<a href=http://landley.net/notes-2011.html#31-03-2011>various</a> +<a href=http://landley.net/notes-2011.html#08-06-2011>reasons</a> +(during which time I +<a href=http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-March/071783.html>contributed</a> +some toybox code and design ideas to busybox</a> but retained the copyrights to +my work), then <a href=http://landley.net/notes-2011.html#13-11-2011>relaunched</a> +under a 2-clause BSD license in 2011. +The following news entries predate that relaunch:</p> + +<hr> +<p><b>December 1, 2009</b> - <a href=downloads/toybox-0.1.0.tar.bz2>toybox-0.1.0</a> is out.</p> + +<p>This release is a couple build fixes and another bugfix to patch.</p> + +<hr> +<p><b>April 17, 2009</b> - Another bugfix release, +<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.9.2.tar.bz2>toybox-0.0.9.2</a>, off by one allocation error in patch.</p> + +<p>(Darn fiddly command, innit?)</p> + +<hr> +<p><b>March 29, 2009</b> - Released +<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.9.1.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.9.1</a> which is a bugfix +release for issues with the patch command.</p> + +<p>The project is currently on hold while the developers learn Lua and +decide whether or not to port the whole thing to that language. +(Also note: the mailing list moved. See the links on the left. You'll +have to resubscribe.)</p> + +<hr> +<p><b>January 29, 2009</b> - Released +<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.9.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.9.tar.bz2</a> which is a minor packaging +fix for 0.0.8. (The previous release tarball contained a prebuilt x86-64 +kconfig/conf file, because the release script ran defconfig to +pregenerate help.h, and didn't run make clean afterwards.) The actual source +code is identical to the previous release.</p> + +<hr> +<p><b>January 20, 2009</b> - <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.8.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.8</a> +adds the uname, cksum, and mkswapfs commands.</p> + +<p>This uname implementation is cross compile friendly: when built as a 32 bit +binary on an x86_64 host, it reports "i686" to confuse autoconf less.</p> + +<p>This cksum has several extra command line options which can be used to +produce different cksum variants based on the same crc32 algorithm. For +example, the broadcom "trx" image packaging uses a little endian crc, +pre-inverted instead of post-inverted, and does not include the length. +(Without these arguments, it produces the normal SUSv4 cksum output.)</p> + +<p>It also upgrades netcat with a server mode (-l option) and fixes several +netcat bugs. It also fixed multiple bugs in "patch", works around a +reiserfs bug in cp, and oneit can reboot on exit more reliably.</p> + +<p><b>November 12, 2008</b> - +<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.7.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.7</a> +adds sort and tee commands, upgrades the internal option parsing logic and the +test suite, and numerous bugfixes (bunzip, chroot, cat, patch).</p> + +<p><b>May 26, 2008</b> - <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.6.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.6</a> +adds cat, rmdir, and seq. Bugfixes to cp and a new -v option. Updates mdev to +work with the 2.6.25 kernel. Updates patch to knows that a file dated +1969-12-31 means it doesn't exist, and to fail if a file it needs to create +already exists. Command line option parsing can now handle things like "echo +-nex" vs "echo -ne". Several updates to the test suite (run scripts/test.sh), +and some build fixes.</p> + +<p> +<hr> +<p><b>March 29, 2008</b> - +Time to release <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.5.tar.bz2>toybox 0.0.5</a>, with +new commands cp and chvt and several bugfixes.</p> + +<p>More makefile targets: "make test" runs the test suite (which needs more test +scripts), and make install/install_flat/uninstall/uninstall_flat calls +make/install.sh (with options --long --symlink --force --uninstall depending +on the context).</p> + +<p>Most of the work has been behind the scenes, namely a significant rewrite of +the build logic so adding each new command consists of adding a single C file to +the "toys" directory, eliminating the need to touch any other files. +There are specially formatted comments at the top of the C file to generate +the other files, see toys/hello.c for an example. (See generated/README.txt +and <a href=code.html>code.html</a> for details.)</p> + +<p><b>January 2, 2008</b> - And <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.4.tar.bz2>toybox-0.0.4.tar.bz2</a> is out. +The new applets this time around include basename, chroot, dirname, dmesg, +help, mkfifo, netcat, patch, sha1sum, touch, and tty.</p> + +<p>Note that this "touch" includes -l to set the length, which can truncate +a file or create a commpletely sparse file, good for filesystem images.</p> + +<p>Expect the next release in about 6 months.</p> + +<p><b>December 12, 2007</b> - Updated the list of implemented applications, +put up a <a href=todo.txt>todo list</a> and <a href=code.html>infrastructure +documentation</a>. Expect another release towards the end of the month.</p> + +<p><b>June 18, 2007</b> - Put out +<a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.3.tar.bz2>toybox-0.0.3.tar.bz2</a> since it's +been too long since I did something like that. This one implements +catv, count, df, echo, false, oneit, pwd, sleep, sync, toysh, true, which, +and yes (which is what "make defconfig" enables). There are several other +commands not enabled by defconfig, because they don't really work yet.</p> + +<p>Most of the general infrastructure's there now, although lots of tweaking +and optimizing is still needed. The test suite is skeletal and not entirely +checked in yet, but I'm working on that.</p> + +<p>I don't have nearly as much time to work on this as I'd like, but I'm making +a little progress.</p> + +<p><b>January 31, 2007</b> - +Toybox <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.2.tar.bz2>0.0.2 release</a>. +Implements count, yes, pwd, echo, bzcat, catv, oneit, and an unfinished +skeleton of mke2fs. Adds argument parsing logic and bunzip code to library. +Now configured with menuconfig. Adds "make baseline" and "make bloatcheck" +using Matt Mackall's bloat-o-meter, and scripts/showasm.</p> + +<p>Screwing up the web page a bit, adding an index bar along the side +which doesn't properly connect up to anything yet. (Busy implementing +mke2fs and gene2fs.)</p> + +<p><b>October 30, 2006</b> - +Toybox <a href=downloads/toybox-0.0.1.tar.bz2>0.0.1 release</a>. Implements +df, a skeletal toysh, and some library functions. Proof of concept, really.</p> + +<p><b>September 7, 2006</b> - +Project launched, first commit to mercurial archive.</p> + +<!--#include file="footer.html" --> |