Re: Trying to resolve issues with home page busybox.net

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Hello,

"Michael D. Setzer II" <[email protected]> wrote on 21/04/2026 at 17:40:29+020=
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> Trying to contact maintainer at list addresses get no response.
> trying his redhat.com address also get no respone.
> Message on list are between users, no maintainer or users that=20
> handle site work.
> Also messages to the Hosting Oregon site don't provide info.
>
> Problem.
> Main page shows 27 September 2024 -- BusyBox 1.37.0 (unstable)
> Site has like 45 - 404 errors and 3 403 errors on main page.
> If one download the link to busybox 1.37.0 the bz2 file is from that=20
> date with no updates.
> 1.37.0 git is one of the broken links.
> If one does a git clone or git pull it is downloading 1.38 which does=20
> have some activity. The snapshot directory has 32 files listed.
> Last 31 days and a snapshot listing that is same as last days image.
> At the moment the files fall into two groups of identicle files.
> 2669360 Mar 22 10:20 busybox-20260322.tar.bz2 File 01 to 22
> 2669851 Apr 13 10:20 busybox-20260413.tar.bz2  File 23 to 32
>
> So, Main Page has lots of broken links, and no reference to the=20
> 1.38 git??

Debian does not manage busybox.net, we can't help you with the site's
situation.

> AI did mentiono your page having activity, so looked for some info
>
> Did notice somewhat outdated copyright?
>
> Debian Package Tracker =E2=80=94 Copyright 2013-2025 The Distro=20
> Tracker Developers

tracker.debian.org's source code did not get updated since 2025, so
this is ~normal.

> Thanks. Have a project going back to 2004 that uses busybox, and=20
> updates were generally about 1/2 year until 1.37 when main page=20
> stopped. mailing list mentioned the git, and that has worked, but=20
> see other things. 1.37 is listed as unstable, with 136.1 being last=20
> stable listing. compairing the 1.37 bz2 to the latest 1.38 snapshot=20
> bz2 shows about 12,000 lines added and 6,0000 lines removed.
> So has been significant changes.

Debian doesn't ship unreleased busybox versions, so you'll have to wait.

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PEB

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