The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.8.3, which was
released September 13, 2011 [1].
-v1.9.0 offers new features. See the NEWS file [2] and known_issues.rst [3]
-file for details.
+v1.9.0 offers a new mutable-file format (more efficient for
+large files), a file-blacklisting feature, and a new
+"drop-upload" feature. See the NEWS file [2] and
+known_issues.rst [3] file for details.
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?