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

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"Michael D. Setzer II" <[email protected]> wrote on 24/04/2026 at 03:21:11+020=
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> On 24 Apr 2026 at 0:22, Pierre-Elliott B=C3=A9cue wrote:
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> From:	Pierre-Elliott B=C3=A9cue <[email protected]>
> To:	"Michael D. Setzer II" <[email protected]>
> Copies to:	[email protected]
> Subject:	Re: Trying to resolve issues with home page busybox.net
> Date sent:	Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:22:53 +0200
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>> Hello,
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>> "Michael D. Setzer II" <[email protected]> wrote on 21/04/2026 at 17:40:29+=
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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=
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>> > 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??
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>> Debian does not manage busybox.net, we can't help you with the site's
>> situation.
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>> > AI did mentiono your page having activity, so looked for some info
>> >
>> > Did notice somewhat outdated copyright?
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>> > Debian Package Tracker =E2=80=94 Copyright 2013-2025 The Distro=20
>> > Tracker Developers
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>> tracker.debian.org's source code did not get updated since 2025, so
>> this is ~normal.
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>> > 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.
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>> Debian doesn't ship unreleased busybox versions, so you'll have to wait.
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> Thanks for the quick reply.  Unfortunately, the last stable release of=20
> busybox would then be 136.1=20
>  busybox-1.36.1.tar.bz2  2023-05-18 22:37  2.4M=20
> 27 September 2024 -- BusyBox 1.37.0 (unstable)
>  busybox-1.37.0.tar.bz2  2024-09-26 21:31  2.4M=20

I didn't write "unstable", but "unreleased".

> Latest snap versions with differences from busybox.net.
> busybox-20260325.tar.bz2    2669360 2026-03-25 (FILE 01)
> busybox-20260413.tar.bz2    2669851 2026-04-13 (FILE 20)
> Which include a number of security patches for known issues.

I am aware, but as long as 1.38 is not released officially, there is
little chance that Debian packages the changes.

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PEB

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