-ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.0c4
+ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File Store, v1.10.2
-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. Get it here:
+The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce version 1.10.2 of
+Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable decentralized storage system.
+Get it here:
-http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/quickstart.html
+https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.rst
-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:
+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:
-http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html
+https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/about.rst
-The current stable release of Tahoe-LAFS is v1.7.1, which was
-released July 18, 2010 [1].
+The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.10.1, released
+on June 15, 2015.
-v1.8.0 offers greatly improved performance and fault-tolerance
-of downloads and improved Windows support. See the NEWS file
-[2] for details.
-
-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.
+v1.10.2 is a small bugfix release, which fixes a critical
+packaging error that prevented v1.10.1 from building against the
+latest version of the upstream "mock" library. A few small bugs
+were fixed too. See the NEWS file [1] for details.
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
-With Tahoe-LAFS, you distribute your filesystem across
-multiple servers, and even if some of the servers fail or are
-taken over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to
-work correctly, and continues to preserve your privacy and
-security. You can easily share specific files and directories
-with other people.
+With Tahoe-LAFS, you distribute your data across multiple
+servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over
+by an attacker, the entire file store continues to function
+correctly, preserving your privacy and security. You can
+easily share specific files and directories with other people.
In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers
have built other projects on top of Tahoe-LAFS and have
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 [2].)
COMPATIBILITY
-This release is compatible with the version 1 series of
+This release should be compatible with the version 1 series of
Tahoe-LAFS. Clients from this release can write files and
directories in the format used by clients of all versions back
to v1.0 (which was released March 25, 2008). Clients from this
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
+Except for the new optional MDMF format, we have not made any
+intentional compatibility changes. However we do not yet have
+the test infrastructure to continuously verify that all new
+versions are interoperable with previous versions. We intend
+to build such an infrastructure in the future.
+
+The new Introducer protocol added in v1.10 is backwards
+compatible with older clients and introducer servers, however
+some features will be unavailable when an older node is
+involved. Please see docs/nodekeys.rst [14] for details.
+
+This is the nineteenth 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.
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
+"COPYING.GPL" [4] for the terms of the GNU General Public
License, version 2.
You may use this package under the Transitive Grace Period
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" [5] 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" [6].
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
+Please join us on the mailing list [7]. Patches are gratefully
+accepted -- the RoadMap page [8] shows the next improvements
+that we plan to make and CREDITS [9] lists the names of people
+who've contributed to the project. The Dev page [10] contains
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 [11] for
+their generous and public-spirited support.
+And a special thanks to Least Authority Enterprises [12],
+which employs several Tahoe-LAFS developers, for their
+continued support.
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,
-then we will award you with a customized t-shirts with your
+enough that we feel compelled to warn our users and issue a fix,
+then we will award you with a customized t-shirt with your
exploit printed on it and add you to the "Hack Tahoe-LAFS Hall
-Of Fame" [12].
+Of Fame" [13].
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-This is the fifth 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.
+This is the fourteenth 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
-
-
-[1] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4579
-[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4692
-[3] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
-[4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt
-[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
-[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
-[11] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
-[12] http://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/
+July 30, 2015
+San Francisco, California, USA
+
+
+[1] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/NEWS.rst
+[2] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs/known_issues.rst
+[3] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/RelatedProjects
+[4] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/COPYING.GPL
+[5] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/COPYING.TGPPL.rst
+[6] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs/quickstart.rst
+[7] https://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
+[8] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/roadmap
+[9] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/CREDITS
+[10] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Dev
+[11] http://atlasnetworks.us/
+[12] https://leastauthority.com/
+[13] https://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/
+[14] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs/nodekeys.rst
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