-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
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.rst 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?
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
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
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
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!
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
+[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS.rst?rev=5000
[3] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
[4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.rst
[5] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL
[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/
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