From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:30:59 +0000 (-0700) Subject: relnotes.txt: updated for v1.7.1 release! X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.7.1~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/%5B/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9f3995feb9b2769c77f3691cf876b16e52ecd17b;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git relnotes.txt: updated for v1.7.1 release! --- diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index 42b4b416..2ffae77d 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -4,27 +4,29 @@ The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 1.7.1 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed storage system. -Tahoe-LAFS is the first distributed storage system which offers -"provider-independent security"—meaning that not even the -operator of your storage server can read or alter your data -without your consent. Here is the one-page explanation of its -unique security and fault-tolerance properties: +Tahoe-LAFS is the first distributed storage system which +offers "provider-independent security"—meaning that not even +the operators of your storage servers can read or alter your +data without your consent. Here is the one-page explanation of +its unique security and fault-tolerance properties: http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html -Tahoe-LAFS v1.7.1 is the successor to v1.7.0, which was released -June 18, 2010 [1]. +Tahoe-LAFS v1.7.1 is the successor to v1.7.0, which was +released June 18, 2010 [1]. -v1.7.1 is a minor release with some small bugfixes and code -clean-ups. See the NEWS file [2] for details. +v1.7.1 is a stable minor release which adds several bugfixes +and improvements in security, forward-compatibility, +packaging, usability, and portability. See the NEWS file [2] +for details. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? -With Tahoe-LAFS, you distribute your filesystem across multiple -servers, and even if some of the servers are compromised by -by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to work -correctly, and continues to preserve your privacy and +With Tahoe-LAFS, you distribute your filesystem across +multiple servers, and even if some of the servers are +compromised by by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues +to work correctly, and continues to preserve your privacy and security. You can easily share specific files and directories with other people. @@ -60,11 +62,11 @@ all versions since v1.0. Servers from this release can serve clients of all versions back to v1.0 and clients from this release can use servers of all versions back to v1.0. -This is the ninth release in the version 1 series. This series +This is the tenth release in the version 1 series. This series of Tahoe-LAFS will be actively supported and maintained for the forseeable future, and future versions of Tahoe-LAFS will retain the ability to read and write files compatible with -Tahoe-LAFS v1. +this series. LICENCE @@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ You may use this package under the Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, version 1 or, at your option, any later version. (The Transitive Grace Period Public Licence has requirements similar to the GPL except that it allows you to -wait for up to twelve months after you redistribute a derived +delay for up to twelve months after you redistribute a derived work before releasing the source code of your derived work.) See the file "COPYING.TGPPL.html" [6] for the terms of the Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, version 1. @@ -137,14 +139,15 @@ as a labor of love by volunteers. Thank you very much to the team of "hackers in the public interest" who make Tahoe-LAFS possible. -Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn +David-Sarah Hopwood and Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team July 18, 2010 -Boulder, Colorado, USA +Rainhill, Merseyside, UK and Boulder, Colorado, USA + [1] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4514 -[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=FIXME!!! +[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4577 [3] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects [4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt [5] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL