User-Visible Changes in Tahoe-LAFS
==================================
+Release 1.10 (2013-??-??)
+
+Unsorted 1.9.0 -> 1.9.2
+'''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+- signed introducer announcements, show 8-char serverid instead of 6-char
+ tubid, improve introweb
+- "node key", not "server key"
+- new helper: remove timings["existence_check"] (not very visible). Any
+ visible changes to UploadResults?
+
+
+New Features
+''''''''''''
+
+- The Welcome page has been redesigned. This is a preview of the design style
+ that is likely to be used in other parts of the WUI in future Tahoe-LAFS
+ versions. (`#1713`_, `#1457`_, `#1735`_)
+- A new, more extensible Introducer protocol has been added, to act as the
+ basis for future improvements such as accounting. Compatibility with older
+ nodes is not affected. (`#466`_)
+- The web-API has a new move operation that supports directly moving files
+ between directories. (`#1579`_)
+
+Notable Bugfixes
+''''''''''''''''
+
+- The ``introducer.furl`` for new Introducers is now unguessable. In previous
+ releases, this FURL used a predictable swissnum, allowing a network
+ eavesdropper (who observes any node connecting to the Introducer) to access
+ the Introducer themselves, and thus use servers or offer storage service to
+ clients (i.e. "join the grid"). In the new code, the only way to join a
+ grid is to be told the introducer.furl by someone who already knew it. Note
+ that pre-existing introducers are not changed: to take advantage of this
+ fix for an existing grid, you must create a new introducer and distribute
+ the new ``introducer.furl`` to all of your users. (`#1802`_)
+- Both ``introducer.furl`` and ``helper.furl`` are now censored from the
+ Welcome page, to prevent users of your gateway from learning enough to
+ create gateway nodes of their own. (`#860`_)
+- If an immutable file failed to download, e.g. due to a connection problem,
+ subsequent attempts to download the same file could also fail. (`#1679`_)
+- The SFTP frontend works with recent versions of Twisted, rather than
+ giving errors or warnings about use of ``IFinishableConsumer``. (`#1926`_,
+ `#1564`_, `#1525`_)
+- Failure handling in the SFTP frontend has been improved. (`#1525`_)
+- Checking a LIT file using ``tahoe check`` no longer results in an
+ exception. (`#1758`_)
+- Filenames in WUI directory pages are now displayed correctly when they
+ contain characters that require HTML escaping. (`#1143`_)
+- Non-ASCII node nicknames no longer cause WUI errors. (`#1298`_)
+- Error messages containing tracebacks may be slightly more readable.
+ (`#1484`_)
+- ``tahoe cp --verbose`` counts the files being processed correctly.
+ (`#1805`_, `#1783`_)
+- Exceptions no longer trigger an unhelpful crash reporter on Ubuntu 12.04
+ ("Precise") or later. (`#1746`_)
+- Improve error message when CLI tools cannot connect to a gateway. (`#974`_)
+
+Performance Improvements
+''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+- Allow web clients to cache immutable directory pages. (`#443`_)
+
+Documentation
+'''''''''''''
+
+- docs/helper.rst has been brought up to date. (`#1915`_)
+- docs/convergence_secret.rst was added to document the adminstration of
+ convergence secrets. (`#1761`_)
+
+Packaging Changes
+'''''''''''''''''
+
+- The flogtool utility, used to read logs, can now be accessed as
+ ``tahoe debug flogtool`` even when foolscap is not installed system-wide.
+ (`#1693`_)
+- The provisioning/reliability pages were removed from the main client's web
+ interface, and moved into a standalone web-based tool in
+ misc/operations_helpers/provisioning. Use the ``run.py`` script to access
+ them.
+
+Compatibility and Dependencies
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+- Python >= 2.6, except Python 3 (`#1658`_)
+- Twisted >= 11.0.0 (`#1771`_)
+- mock >= 0.8
+- pycryptopp >= 0.6.0 (for ed25519)
+
+Precautions when Upgrading
+''''''''''''''''''''''''''
+
+- When upgrading a grid from a recent version of trunk, follow the
+ precautions from this `message to the tahoe-dev mailing list`_, to ensure
+ that announcements to the Introducer are recognized after the upgrade.
+ This is not necessary when upgrading from a previous release.
+
+.. _`#443`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/443
+.. _`#466`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/466
+.. _`#1143`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1143
+.. _`#1298`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1298
+.. _`#1457`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1457
+.. _`#1484`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1484
+.. _`#1525`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1525
+.. _`#1564`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1564
+.. _`#1579`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1579
+.. _`#1658`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1658
+.. _`#1679`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1679
+.. _`#1693`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1693
+.. _`#1713`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1713
+.. _`#1735`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1735
+.. _`#1746`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1746
+.. _`#1758`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1758
+.. _`#1761`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1761
+.. _`#1771`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1771
+.. _`#1783`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1783
+.. _`#1805`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1805
+.. _`#1915`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1915
+.. _`#1926`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1926
+.. _`message to the tahoe-dev mailing list`:
+ https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2013-March/008096.html
+
Release 1.9.2 (2012-07-03)
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+--------------------------
Notable Bugfixes
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