From f0da28c91b3b50efaf4f0a32c4dac6cb00453e94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 09:12:09 +0000 Subject: Prepare for release --- docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 98 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html') diff --git a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html index 3d162b1..363e9a1 100644 --- a/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html +++ b/docs/busybox.net/oldnews.html @@ -3,6 +3,104 @@
+ + Here goes the third pre-release for the new BusyBox stable + series. The last prerelease has held 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! + +
+ + 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! + +
+ + 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 + (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. + +
+ + 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 + uClibc + 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!), the next release may be very soon + indeed. + +
+ + The changelog has all + the details. And as usual you can + download busybox here. + +
Have Fun! + + +
+
+ + 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. + +
+ + 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. +
+ + 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. +
+ + 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... +
+ + The changelog has all + the details. As usual you can download busybox here. + +
Have Fun! +
+ +
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