From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 13:50:16 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: relnotes.txt: reflow to 63 chars wide because google groups and some web forms... X-Git-Tag: trac-4300~258 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=908fa2b0516b065ac6df7d3de2d098aa9a85929a;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git docs: relnotes.txt: reflow to 63 chars wide because google groups and some web forms seem to wrap to that --- diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index 774a9aa0..6fdf6bb2 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -1,132 +1,143 @@ -ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Lofty-Atmospheric Filesystem, v1.5. +ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Lofty-Atmospheric Filesystem, v1.5 -The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of -version 1.5 of Tahoe, the Lofty Atmospheric File System. +The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate +availability of version 1.5 of Tahoe, the Lofty Atmospheric +File System. -Tahoe-LAFS is the first cloud storage technology which offers security -and privacy in the sense that the cloud storage service provider itself -can't read or alter your data. Here is the one-page explanation of -its unique security and fault-tolerance properties: +Tahoe-LAFS is the first cloud storage technology which offers +security and privacy in the sense that the cloud storage +service provider itself can't read or alter your data. Here is +the one-page explanation of its unique security and +fault-tolerance properties: http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html -This release is the successor to v1.4.1, which was released April 13, -2009 [1]. This is a major new release, improving the user interface and -performance and fixing a few bugs, and adding ports to OpenBSD, NetBSD, -ArchLinux, NixOS, and embedded systems built on ARM CPUs. See the NEWS -file [2] for more information. +This release is the successor to v1.4.1, which was released +April 13, 2009 [1]. This is a major new release, improving the +user interface and performance and fixing a few bugs, and +adding ports to OpenBSD, NetBSD, ArchLinux, NixOS, and embedded +systems built on ARM CPUs. See the NEWS file [2] for more +information. -In addition to the functionality of Tahoe-LAFS itself, a crop of related -projects have sprung up to extend it and to integrate it into operating -systems and applications. These include frontends for Windows, -Macintosh, JavaScript, and iPhone, and plugins for duplicity, bzr, -Hadoop, and TiddlyWiki, and more. See the Related Projects page on the -wiki [3]. +In addition to the functionality of Tahoe-LAFS itself, a crop +of related projects have sprung up to extend it and to +integrate it into operating systems and applications. These +include frontends for Windows, Macintosh, JavaScript, and +iPhone, and plugins for duplicity, bzr, Hadoop, and TiddlyWiki, +and more. See the Related Projects page on the wiki [3]. COMPATIBILITY Version 1.5 is fully compatible with the version 1 series of -Tahoe-LAFS. Files written by v1.5 clients can be read by clients of all -versions back to v1.0. v1.5 clients can read files produced by clients -of all versions since v1.0. v1.5 servers can serve clients of all -versions back to v1.0 and v1.5 clients can use servers of all versions -back to v1.0. +Tahoe-LAFS. Files written by v1.5 clients can be read by +clients of all versions back to v1.0. v1.5 clients can read +files produced by clients of all versions since v1.0. v1.5 +servers can serve clients of all versions back to v1.0 and v1.5 +clients can use servers of all versions back to v1.0. -This is the sixth release in the version 1 series. The version 1 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 is the sixth release in the version 1 series. The version +1 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. -The version 1 series of Tahoe-LAFS is the basis of the consumer backup -product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com . +The version 1 series of Tahoe-LAFS is the basis of the consumer +backup product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com . WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? -With Tahoe-LAFS, you can distribute your filesystem across a set of -servers, such that if some of them fail or even turn out to be -malicious, the entire filesystem continues to be available. You can -share your files with other users, using a simple and flexible access -control scheme. +With Tahoe-LAFS, you can distribute your filesystem across a +set of servers, such that if some of them fail or even turn out +to be malicious, the entire filesystem continues to be +available. You can share your files with other users, using a +simple and flexible access control scheme. -We believe that the combination of erasure coding, strong encryption, -Free/Open Source Software and careful engineering make Tahoe-LAFS safer -than RAID, removable drive, tape, on-line backup or other Cloud storage -systems. +We believe that the combination of erasure coding, strong +encryption, Free/Open Source Software and careful engineering +make Tahoe-LAFS safer than RAID, removable drive, tape, on-line +backup or other Cloud storage systems. -This software comes with extensive tests, and there are no known -security flaws which would compromise confidentiality or data integrity -in typical use. (For all currently known issues please see the -known_issues.txt file [4].) +This software comes with extensive tests, and there are no +known security flaws which would compromise confidentiality or +data integrity in typical use. (For all currently known issues +please see the known_issues.txt file [4].) LICENCE -You may use this package under the GNU General Public License, version 2 -or, at your option, any later version. See the file "COPYING.GPL" [5] -for the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2. +You may use this package under the GNU General Public License, +version 2 or, at your option, any later version. See the file +"COPYING.GPL" [5] for the terms of the GNU General Public +License, version 2. -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 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. +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 +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. -(You may choose to use this package under the terms of either licence, -at your option.) +(You may choose to use this package under the terms of either +licence, at your option.) INSTALLATION -Tahoe-LAFS works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, Solaris, *BSD, and -probably most other systems. Start with "docs/install.html" [7]. +Tahoe-LAFS works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, Solaris, +*BSD, and probably most other systems. Start with +"docs/install.html" [7]. HACKING AND COMMUNITY -Please join us on the mailing list [8]. Patches are gratefully accepted --- the RoadMap page [9] shows the next improvements that we plan to make -and CREDITS [10] lists the names of people who've contributed to the -project. The Dev page [11] contains resources for hackers. +Please join us on the mailing list [8]. Patches are gratefully +accepted -- the RoadMap page [9] shows the next improvements +that we plan to make and CREDITS [10] lists the names of people +who've contributed to the project. The Dev page [11] contains +resources for hackers. SPONSORSHIP -Tahoe-LAFS was originally developed thanks to the sponsorship of -Allmydata, Inc. [12], a provider of commercial backup services. -Allmydata, Inc. created the Tahoe-LAFS project and contributed hardware, -software, ideas, bug reports, suggestions, demands, and money (employing -several Tahoe-LAFS hackers and instructing them to spend part of their -work time on this Free Software project). Also they awarded customized +Tahoe-LAFS was originally developed thanks to the sponsorship +of Allmydata, Inc. [12], a provider of commercial backup +services. Allmydata, Inc. created the Tahoe-LAFS project and +contributed hardware, software, ideas, bug reports, +suggestions, demands, and money (employing several Tahoe-LAFS +hackers and instructing them to spend part of their work time +on this Free Software project). Also they awarded customized t-shirts to hackers who found security flaws in Tahoe-LAFS (see -http://hacktahoe.org ). After discontinuing funding of Tahoe-LAFS R&D in -early 2009, Allmydata, Inc. has continued to provide servers, co-lo -space and bandwidth to the open source project. Thank you to Allmydata, -Inc. for their generous and public-spirited support. +http://hacktahoe.org ). After discontinuing funding of +Tahoe-LAFS R&D in early 2009, Allmydata, Inc. has continued to +provide servers, co-lo space and bandwidth to the open source +project. Thank you to Allmydata, Inc. for their generous and +public-spirited support. -This is the second release of Tahoe-LAFS which was created solely as a -labor of love by volunteers; developer time is no longer funded by -allmydata.com (see [13] for details). +This is the second release of Tahoe-LAFS which was created +solely as a labor of love by volunteers; developer time is no +longer funded by allmydata.com (see [13] for details). Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team -Special acknowledgment goes to Brian Warner, whose superb engineering -skills and dedication are primarily responsible for the Tahoe -implementation, and significantly responsible for the Tahoe design as -well, not to mention most of the docs and tests. Tahoe-LAFS wouldn't -exist without him. +Special acknowledgment goes to Brian Warner, whose superb +engineering skills and dedication are primarily responsible for +the Tahoe implementation, and significantly responsible for the +Tahoe design as well, not to mention most of the docs and +tests. Tahoe-LAFS wouldn't exist without him. August 1, 2009 Boulder, Colorado, USA -P.S. Just kidding about that acronym. "LAFS" actually stands for -"Lightweight Authorization File System". Or possibly for -"Least-Authority File System". There is no truth to the rumour that it -actually stands for "Long-lived Axe-tolerant File System". +P.S. Just kidding about that acronym. "LAFS" actually stands +for "Lightweight Authorization File System". Or possibly for +"Least-Authority File System". There is no truth to the rumour +that it actually stands for "Long-lived Axe-tolerant File +System". [1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=3853 [2] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4033