-ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.0c4
+ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.2
The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate
-availability of version 1.8.0c4 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
-reliable distributed storage system.
+availability of version 1.8.2 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
+reliable distributed storage system. Get it here:
-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/quickstart.rst
-http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html
+Tahoe-LAFS is the first distributed storage system to offer
+"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:
-The current stable release of Tahoe-LAFS is v1.7.1, which was
-released July 18, 2010 [1].
+http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.rst
-v1.8.0 offers greatly improved performance and fault-tolerance
-of downloads and improved Windows support. See the NEWS file
-[2] for details.
+The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.8.1, which was
+released October 28, 2010 [1].
-v1.8.0c4 is the release candidate for v1.8.0. v1.8.0c4 fixed a
-unit test failure and added some documentation and build
-system improvements. v1.8.0c3 fixed 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 September 18,
-2010.
+v1.8.2 is a stable bugfix release, adding compatibility with
+the recently-released Twisted-10.2, and correcting a number of
+minor issues. See the NEWS.rst file [2] for details.
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
there are no known bugs or security flaws which would
compromise confidentiality or data integrity under recommended
use. (For all important issues that we are currently aware of
-please see the known_issues.txt file [4].)
+please see the known_issues.rst file [4].)
COMPATIBILITY
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 eleventh release in the version 1 series. This
+This is the thirteenth 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
+for the foreseeable future, and future versions of Tahoe-LAFS
will retain the ability to read and write files compatible
with this series.
requirements similar to the GPL except that it allows you to
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
+See the file "COPYING.TGPPL.rst" [6] for the terms of the
Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, version 1.
(You may choose to use this package under the terms of either
INSTALLATION
-Tahoe-LAFS works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, Solaris,
-*BSD, and probably most other systems. Start with
-"docs/quickstart.html" [7].
+Tahoe-LAFS works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, *BSD,
+and probably most other systems. Start with
+"docs/quickstart.rst" [7].
HACKING AND COMMUNITY
HACK TAHOE-LAFS!
If you can find a security flaw in Tahoe-LAFS which is serious
-enough that feel compelled to warn our users and issue a fix,
+enough that we feel compelled to warn our users and issue a fix,
then we will award you with a customized t-shirts with your
exploit printed on it and add you to the "Hack Tahoe-LAFS Hall
Of Fame" [12].
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-This is the fifth release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely
+This is the seventh release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely
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.
-David-Sarah Hopwood and Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
+Brian Warner
on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team
-September 11, 2010
-Rainhill, Merseyside, UK and Boulder, Colorado, USA
+January 30, 2011
+San Francisco, California, USA
-[1] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4579
-[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4692
+[1] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4865
+[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=5000
[3] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
-[4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt
+[4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.rst
[5] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL
-[6] http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/COPYING.TGPPL.html
-[7] http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/quickstart.html
+[6] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.TGPPL.rst
+[7] http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/quickstart.rst
[8] http://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
[9] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/roadmap
-[10] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=4591
+[10] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=5000
[11] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
[12] http://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/
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