From 21a5ae1bd2a98afe5368d7317dd6ccc311748636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:28:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: relnotes.txt final (!?) update for 1.3.0! --- relnotes.txt | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index 455fab66..dea42ffd 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -still-not-actually-ANNOUNCING-yet Allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3 +ANNOUNCING allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3 We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.0 of "Tahoe", the Least Authority Filesystem. @@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ COMPATIBILITY The version 1 branch of Tahoe is the basis of the consumer backup product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com . -Tahoe v1.3 is fully compatible with Tahoe v1 branch. v1.3 clients -produce files which can be read by clients of all versions back to v1.0 -(unless the file is too large -- greater than 12 GiB with default -configuration). v1.3 clients can read files produced by clients of all +Tahoe v1.3 is fully compatible with the version 1 branch of Tahoe. +Files written by v1.3 clients can be read by clients of all versions +back to v1.0 (unless the file is too large -- with the default +configuration, files greater than 12 GiB can't be read by older +clients). v1.3 clients can read files produced by clients of all versions since v1.0. v1.3 servers can serve clients of all versions back to v1.0 and v1.3 clients can use servers of all versions back to v1.0 (but can't upload large files to them). @@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? With Tahoe, you can distribute your filesystem across a set of computers, such that if some of the computers fail or turn out to be -malicious, the entire filesystem continues to be available, provided by +malicious, the entire filesystem continues to be available, thanks to the remaining computers. You can also share your files with other users, using a simple and flexible access control scheme. @@ -99,8 +100,7 @@ at your option.) INSTALLATION Tahoe works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, and Solaris, and -probably most other systems which have a Python interpreter and a C/C++ -compiler. Start with "docs/install.html" [9]. +probably most other systems. Start with "docs/install.html" [9]. HACKING AND COMMUNITY @@ -115,24 +115,24 @@ names of people who've contributed to the project. The wiki Dev page SPONSORSHIP Tahoe is sponsored by Allmydata, Inc. [14], a provider of commercial -backup services. Allmydata, Inc. contributes hardware, software, -ideas, bug reports, suggestions, demands, and money (employing several -allmydata.org Tahoe hackers and instructing them to spend part of their -work time on this Free Software project). Also they award customized -t-shirts to hackers who find security flaws in Tahoe (see -http://hacktahoe.org ). Thank you to Allmydata, Inc. for their -generous and public-spirited support. +backup services. Allmydata, Inc. created the Tahoe project, and +contributes hardware, software, ideas, bug reports, suggestions, +demands, and money (employing several Tahoe hackers and instructing +them to spend part of their work time on this Free Software project). +Also they award customized t-shirts to hackers who find security flaws +in Tahoe (see http://hacktahoe.org ). Thank you to Allmydata, Inc. for +their generous and public-spirited support. Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn on behalf of the allmydata.org team -with special acknowledgment of Brian Warner, whose superb engineering +Special acknowledgment goes to Brian Warner, whose superb engineering skills and dedication are primarily responsible for the Tahoe implementation, and largely responsible for the Tahoe design as well, -not to mention most of the docs and many other things besides +not to mention most of the docs and many other things besides. -February 11, 2009 (XXX HOPEFULLY) +February 13, 2009 Boulder, Colorado, USA [1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=2789 -- 2.45.2