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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.2
+ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.3
 
 The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate
-availability of version 1.8.2 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
+availability of version 1.8.3 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
 reliable distributed storage system. Get it here:
 
 http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/quickstart.rst
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ unique security and fault-tolerance properties:
 
 http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.rst
 
-The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.8.1, which was
-released October 28, 2010 [1].
+The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.8.2, which was
+released January 30, 2011 [1].
 
-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 file [2] for details.
+v1.8.3 is a stable bugfix release which fixes a security issue. See the file
+[2] and known_issues.rst [3] file for details.
 
 
 WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ 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].
+more. See the Related Projects page on the wiki [4].
 
 We believe that strong cryptography, Free and Open Source
 Software, erasure coding, and principled engineering practices
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ This software is developed under test-driven development, and
 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.rst file [4].)
+please see the known_issues.rst file [3].)
 
 
 COMPATIBILITY
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ 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 thirteenth release in the version 1 series. This
+This is the fourteenth release in the version 1 series. This
 series of Tahoe-LAFS will be actively supported and maintained
 for the foreseeable future, and future versions of Tahoe-LAFS
 will retain the ability to read and write files compatible
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ version. (The Transitive Grace Period Public Licence has
 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
@@ -90,8 +89,8 @@ licence, at your option.)
 
 INSTALLATION
 
-Tahoe-LAFS works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, Solaris,
-*BSD, and probably most other systems. Start with
+Tahoe-LAFS works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris, *BSD,
+and probably most other systems. Start with
 "docs/quickstart.rst" [7].
 
 
@@ -106,19 +105,9 @@ resources for hackers.
 
 SPONSORSHIP
 
-Tahoe-LAFS was originally developed by Allmydata, Inc., a
-provider of commercial backup services. After discontinuing
-funding of Tahoe-LAFS R&D in early 2009, they continued
-to provide servers, bandwidth, small personal gifts as tokens
-of appreciation, and bug reports.
-
-Google, Inc. sponsored Tahoe-LAFS development as part of the
-Google Summer of Code 2010. They awarded four sponsorships to
-students from around the world to hack on Tahoe-LAFS that
-summer.
-
-Thank you to Allmydata and Google for their generous and
-public-spirited support.
+Atlas Networks has contributed several hosted servers for performance
+testing. Thank you to Atlas Networks for their generous and public-spirited
+support.
 
 
 HACK TAHOE-LAFS!
@@ -132,27 +121,27 @@ Of Fame" [12].
 
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
-This is the seventh release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely
+This is the eighth 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.
 
-Brian Warner
+Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
 on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team
 
-January 30, 2011
-San Francisco, California, USA
+September 13, 2011
+Boulder, Colorado, USA
 
 
-[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.rst
+[1] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=5164
+[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/1.8.3/NEWS.rst?rev=5014
+[3] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.rst
+[4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
 [5] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL
-[6] http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/COPYING.TGPPL.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=5000
+[10] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/1.8.3/CREDITS?rev=5003
 [11] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
 [12] http://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/