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authorEric Andersen2001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000
committerEric Andersen2001-01-27 09:33:39 +0000
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Fix up copyright msgs. Bump version to 0.49 in preparation for0_49
a release. Update the website with release details. -Erik
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BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single
small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utilities
you usually find in fileutils, shellutils, findutils, textutils, grep, gzip,
-tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small
-or embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
-their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide
+tar, etc. BusyBox provides a fairly complete POSIX environment for any small or
+embedded system. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than
+their full featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide
the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.
<p>
BusyBox has been written with size-optimization and limited resources in mind.
It is also extremely modular so you can easily include or exclude commands (or
-features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
-systems. To create a working system, just add a kernel, a shell (such as ash),
-and an editor (such as elvis-tiny or ae). For a really minimal system, just
-the the busybox shell (not a POSIX shell, but very small and quite usable).
+features) at compile time. This makes it easy to customize your embedded
+systems. To create a working system, just add /dev, a kernel, and an editor,
+such as nano, e3, or elvis-tiny. For a really minimal system, you can even use
+the busybox shell (not Bourne compatible, but very small and quite usable).
<p>
BusyBox is now maintained by
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ BusyBox is licensed under the
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</a>
<p>
-<H3>NEW!</h3>
+<H3>Mailing List Information</h3>
BusyBox now has a <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/lists/busybox/">mailing list</a>!
To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo/busybox">this page</a>.
@@ -77,6 +77,30 @@ To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo
<ul>
+ <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>
@@ -96,19 +120,6 @@ To subscribe, go and visit <a href="http://opensource.lineo.com/mailman/listinfo
this release, especially Matt Kraai, Larry Doolittle, and Kent Robotti.
- <p> <li> <b>26 September 2000 -- BusyBox 0.47 released</b>
- <br>
-
- This release fixes lots of bugs (including an ugly bug in 0.46
- syslogd that could fork-bomb your system). Added several new
- apps: rdate, wget, getopt, dos2unix, unix2dos, reset, unrpm,
- renice, xargs, and expr. syslogd now supports network logging.
- There are the usual tar updates. Most apps now use getopt for
- more correct option parsing.
- See the <a href="ftp://oss.lineo.com/busybox/Changelog">changelog</a>
- for complete details.
-
-
<p> <li> <b>Old News</b>
<br>
For the old news, visit <a href="http://busybox.lineo.com/oldnews.html">the old news page</a>.