From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:21:11 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: update relnotes.txt for v1.8.0c3 X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.8.0c3~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/(%5B%5E?a=commitdiff_plain;h=772e6206f9cfa46c2462d720d0ddf3523310cbd1;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git docs: update relnotes.txt for v1.8.0c3 --- diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index a99233e5..12faacb7 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.0c2 +ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.0c3 The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate -availability of version 1.8.0c2 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely +availability of version 1.8.0c3 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed storage system. Tahoe-LAFS is the first distributed storage system which @@ -15,15 +15,16 @@ http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html The current stable release of Tahoe-LAFS is v1.7.1, which was released July 18, 2010 [1]. -v1.8.0c2 is leading up to the v1.8.0 release of major new -improvements, including fast and fault-tolerant downloads and -better Windows support. See the NEWS file [2] for details. -It corrects some minor regressions in download status pages. -v1.8.0c1 corrected regressions in compatibility with other -versions, and in downloads using the Range header, that were -introduced in v1.8.0β. If no further regressions or critical -bugs are discovered, we will release a functionally identical -v1.8.0 final version on approximately August 15, 2010. +v1.8.0c3 is leading up to the v1.8.0 release, featuring +including fast and fault-tolerant downloads and better +Windows support. See the NEWS file [2] for details. v1.8.0c3 +fixes performance regressions for some server +layouts. v.1.80c2 corrected some minor regressions in +download status pages. v1.8.0c1 corrected regressions in +compatibility with other versions, and in downloads using the +Range header, that were introduced in v1.8.0β. If no further +regressions or critical bugs are discovered, we will release +v1.8.0 final on approximately September 11, 2010. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? @@ -35,14 +36,12 @@ to work correctly, and continues to preserve your privacy and security. You can easily share specific files and directories with other people. -In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers have -built other projects on top of Tahoe-LAFS and have integrated -Tahoe-LAFS with existing systems. - -These include frontends for Windows, Macintosh, JavaScript, -iPhone, and Android, and plugins for Hadoop, bzr, mercurial, -duplicity, TiddlyWiki, and more. See the Related Projects page -on the wiki [3]. +In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers +have built other projects on top of Tahoe-LAFS and have +integrated Tahoe-LAFS with existing systems, including +Windows, JavaScript, iPhone, Android, Hadoop, Flume, Django, +Puppet, bzr, mercurial, perforce, duplicity, TiddlyWiki, and +more. See the Related Projects page on the wiki [3]. We believe that strong cryptography, Free and Open Source Software, erasure coding, and principled engineering practices @@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ possible. David-Sarah Hopwood and Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team -August 10, 2010 +September 2, 2010 Rainhill, Merseyside, UK and Boulder, Colorado, USA