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31 August 2010 -- 2010.08 released
The stable 2010.08 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the CHANGES file for more details, read the announcement and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.08 release.
30 August 2010 -- 2010.08-rc2 released
RC2 is out with more cleanups and bugfixes, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.08-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
This is very much expected to be the final release candidate, so give it a good test and expect a final 2010.08 release before September unless critical issues are found.
30 July 2010 -- 2010.08-rc1 released
We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the tree, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.08-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
30 May 2010 -- 2010.05 released
The stable 2010.05 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the CHANGES file for more details, read the announcement and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.05 release.
27 May 2010 -- 2010.05-rc3 released
RC3 is out with more cleanups and bugfixes, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.05-rc3 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
11 May 2010 -- 2010.05-rc2 released
Another week, another release candidate with a bunch of cleanups and build fixes.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.05-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
3 May 2010 -- 2010.05-rc1 released
We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the tree, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.05-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
2 May 2010 - FOSDEM slides online
The slides from the Cross Build Systems: Present & Future session at FOSDEM are now online.
26 February 2010 -- 2010.02 released
The stable 2010.02 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the CHANGES file for more details, and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.02 release.
23 February 2010 -- 2010.02-rc2 released
RC2 is out with more cleanups and bugfixes, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.02-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
9 February 2010 -- 2010.02-rc1 released
We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the tree, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2010.02-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
1 December 2009 -- 2009.11 released
The stable 2009.11 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the announcement or CHANGES for more details, and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.11 release.
29 November 2009 -- 2009.11-rc2 released
RC2 is out with more cleanups and bugfixes, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.11-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
23 November 2009 -- 2009.11-rc1 released
We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the tree, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.11-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
7 September 2009 -- First Buildroot Developer Day
The first Buildroot Developer Day will take place on Saturday, October 17th in Grenoble, France, just the day after Embedded Linux Conference Europe. This Developer Day aims at allowing Buildroot developers to meet and exchange ideas on the project and its future.

As the number of places is limited, interested candidates are invited to send an e-mail to Peter Korsgaard (jacmet at uclibc dot org) and Thomas Petazzoni (thomas dot petazzoni at free-electrons dot com).

This Developer Day will take place thanks to the sponsoring of Calao Systems and Free Electrons.
31 August 2009 -- 2009.08 released
The stable 2009.08 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the announcement or CHANGES for more details, and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.08 release.
26 August 2009 -- 2009.08-rc3 released
A number of bugfixes have been added to the tree since RC2 (especially thanks to Thomas Petazzoni) - See the CHANGES file for details. This is very much expected to be the final release candidate, so give it a good test and expect a final 2009.08 release next weekend unless critical issues are found.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.08-rc3 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
6 August 2009 -- 2009.08-rc2 released
RC2 is out with more cleanups and bugfixes, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.08-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
2 August 2009 -- 2009.08-rc1 released
We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the tree, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.08-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
1 June 2009 -- 2009.05 released
The stable 2009.05 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the announcement or CHANGES for more details, and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.05 release.
27 May 2009 -- 2009.05-rc3 released
We had a number of fixes post-RC2, so RC3 is out (see CHANGES for details). Now is the moment to test and verify that everything is working for your favorite config - Expect a final 2009.05 very soon.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.05-rc3 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
19 May 2009 -- 2009.05-rc2 released
RC2 is out with more cleanups and bug fixes (see CHANGES). Unless big issues are found, expect this to be the last release candidate before the release - So give it a good test.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.05-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
14 May 2009 -- Buildroot.org
Earl Levine has been so kind to donate the buildroot.org domain to us, so the website can now also be reached at www.buildroot.org (and git at git.buildroot.org). Thanks a lot Earl!
5 May 2009 -- 2009.05-rc1 released
We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the tree, see the CHANGES file for details.
Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.05-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
3 May 2009 -- Moved to git
We've moved the source code from Subversion to Git. You can browse the repo online here, and clone the repo using:
```
git clone git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot
```
See the Git Access page for more details.
27 March 2009 -- new Logo
We have a logo! We have so far been using the Busybox logo on the website, as the website was a copy of the Busybox one - But not anymore, we now have a shiny new logo of our own.
12 February 2009 -- 2009.02 released
The stable 2009.02 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the announcement for more details, and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02 release.
9 February 2009 -- 2009.02-rc4 released
We had more than 50 changes since RC3, several of them toolchain related, so decided to make a RC4 as well. This is very much expected to be the final release candidate, so give it a good test and expect a final 2009.02 release this week unless critical issues are found.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc4 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
31 January 2009 -- 2009.02-rc3 released
RC3 is out with more cleanups and bug fixes. Unless big issues are found, expect this to be the last release candidate before the release - So give it a good test.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc3 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
23 January 2009 -- 2009.02-rc2 released
Another week, another release candidate with a bunch of cleanups and build fixes.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.
16 January 2009 -- Release candidate and new maintainer
It has been a long time coming, but we finally have a new release candidate! - And a new maintainer to match (Peter Korsgaard).

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker. The plan is to release 2009.02 in time for FOSDEM.
16 July 2006 -- Buildroot mailing list
Buildroot now has its own mailing list.
21 February 2005 -- Buildroot webpage added
Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy generate a cross-compilation toolchain and root filesystem for your target Linux system using the uClibc C library. Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with small or embedded systems. Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular x86 processors everyone is used to using on their PC. It can be PowerPC processors, MIPS processors, ARM processors, etc. And to be extra safe, you do not need to be root to build or run buildroot.
And as of today buildroot even has its own webpage, making it a first class citizen of uclibc.org and busybox.net, and more importantly, make it easy to find and point to buildroot.
If you find a bug in buildroot, or wish to submit a patch to fix a problem or add a shiny new feature, please use the Bug and Patch Tracking System to post the details, to make certain your work is not lost.