I am uploading 1.7.366 to the mirrors, it should be there sometime Monday.

This is just a side affect of the 2.x.x work, it seems a good idea to do a
final 1.x.x release that fixes a couple of the most onerous bugs, by using
a newer busybox.  Things like the chroot but that prevented chrooting to
man systems and running programs.  Note, some chroot problems are because
the kernel is just too old.  It is basically the same as 1.7.361, with the
exception of newer busybox and fdisk.  It will probably be the last 1.x.x.

NOTA BENE CAVEAT EMPTOR WARNING CAUTION ATTENTION

I will probably keep the 1.7.366 available for a little while in parallel
with the 2.x.x versions, but only for a little while, if you want to ever
have it or get it, now will be the time.  For those who wish I would keep
older versions available, let me explain:  It is not just the burden of
tracking and keeping and distributing them.  It is not just that I then
would have to support the older versions.  I am legally bound to provide
source code for anything I distribute for 3 years after I distribute it.
It is bad enough that I will need to be able to come up with the exact
versions of programs 3 years from now that are on 1.7.x.  Distributing
older versions has the effect of lengthening that situation.  Note, if
someone else wants to archive and distribute older versions, they are
welcome to do so, that doesn't lengthen my obligation.

-Tom

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