[BusyBox] BusyBox 1.0.0-pre1 released

[Erik Andersen]

The busybox development series has been under construction for
nearly two years now. Which is just entirely too long... So it
is with great pleasure that I announce the imminent release of a
new stable series. Due to the huge number of changes since the
last stable release (and the usual mindless version number
inflation) I am branding this new stable series verison 1.0.x...

The point of "-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 magic 1.0.0 release (which should happen later this
month)... I plan to release BusyBox 1.0.0-pre2 next Monday (July
21st), and, if necessary, -pre3 on July 28th. Hopefully (i.e.
unless some horrible catastrophic problem turns up) the final
BusyBox 1.0.0 release should be ready by the end of July.

If you have submitted patches, and they are not in this release
and I have not emailed you explaining why your patch was
rejected, it is safe to say that I have lost your patch. That
happens sometimes. Please do NOT send all your patches, support
questions, etc, directly to Erik. I get hundreds of emails every
day (which is why I end up losing patches sometimes in the
flood)... The busybox mailing list is the right place to send
your patches, support questions, etc.

I would like to especially thank Vladimir Oleynik (vodz), Glenn
McGrath (bug1), Robert Griebl (sandman), and Manuel Novoa III
(mjn3) for their significant efforts and contributions that have
made this release possible.

As usual you can download busybox here. 
    http://www.busybox.net/downloads/

You don't really need to bother with the changelog, as the
changes vs the stable version are way too extensive to easily
enumerate. But you can take a look if you really want too.
    http://www.busybox.net/downloads/Changelog

Have Fun! 

 -Erik

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