From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:43:26 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: update relnotes.txt for allmydata.org "Tahoe" v0.9.0 ! X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-0.9.0~6 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/architecture.txt?a=commitdiff_plain;h=250cc3a1707349b259b09a57992fdf83b46d1363;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git docs: update relnotes.txt for allmydata.org "Tahoe" v0.9.0 ! Whee! --- diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index 3ebada22..84b4b8fa 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -ANNOUNCING: Allmydata.org "Tahoe" version 0.8 +ANNOUNCING: Allmydata.org "Tahoe" version 0.9 -We are pleased to announce the release of version 0.8 of allmydata.org +We are pleased to announce the release of version 0.9 of allmydata.org "Tahoe". Allmydata.org "Tahoe" is a secure, decentralized, fault-tolerant @@ -11,58 +11,46 @@ This filesystem is encrypted and distributed over multiple peers in such a way that it continues to work correctlly even when some of the peers are unavailable, malfunctioning, or malicious. -This is the successor to Allmydata-Tahoe v0.7, which was released -January 8, 2008 [1]. +A one-page explanation of the novel properties of this filesystem is +visible at: -This release improves performance, diagnostics, and packaging. This -release of allmydata.org "Tahoe" will form the basis of the next -consumer backup product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com . - - -Since v0.7 we've made the following changes: - - * Add a preliminary Microsoft Windows package (ticket #195). +http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html - * Add a preliminary Macintosh package (ticket #182). - - * Display information about peers (ticket #32). - - * Display information about uploads and downloads (ticket #39). - * Add unit tests and docs for contrib/fuse (ticket #255). +This is the successor to Allmydata.org "Tahoe" v0.8, which was +released February 15, 2008 [1]. This release is backwards-compatible +with v0.8. - * Add a preliminary FUSE interface for Macintosh. +This is a major release of allmydata.org "Tahoe" -- the first release +which is considered stable and functional enough to serve as a +permanent store of valuable data. Future releases are expected to +maintain backwards compatibility to this version for the forseeable +future. - * Update docs, starting with docs/about.html -- - http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html . - - * Improve logging, diagnostic tools, statistics, timing measurements - during upload, etc.. +This release of allmydata.org "Tahoe" will form the basis of the next +consumer backup product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com . - * Add more measurements of performance: - http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Performance . +This release adds extensive "visibility into the grid" -- the web user +interface now shows detailed information about the nodes comprising +the grid and fine-grained statistics about the time and space used for +the storage and retrieval operations. - * Add an upload helper, with resumption of incomplete uploads and - short-circuiting of uploads if the file is already present (tickets - #116, #258, #218). - * Make upload continue even if some servers disappear during the - upload process. +Since v0.8 we've made the following changes: - * Add mtime and ctime timestamps to files (ticket #183). + * Added user-friendly Windows application and package, thanks + especially to Rob Kinninmont and Mike Booker (tickets #195, 242, + 243, 321, 335). - * Make introduction more efficient by allowing nodes to act as - clients-only and not publish themselves as servers (ticket #271). + * Display information about uploads and downloads (ticket #39). - * Extend the web API to allow programmatic control of mutable files. + * Improve performance (including tickets #304, 321). - * Fix potential problem that could cause corruption of downloaded - mutable files if a long series of unlikely coincidences and hacked - clients occurred (ticket #312). + * Improve packaging and testing (including ticket #145). - * Make file and directory names use unicode. + * Add even more extensive automated tests (including ticket #207). - * Use SHA-256d instead of SHA-256 for secure hashes. + * Updated documentation. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? @@ -78,13 +66,19 @@ use a web user interface, a command-line user interface, or a FUSE interface. (Or a RESTful API. Just telnet to localhost and type HTTP requests to get started.) -Because this software is new, it is not yet recommended for storage of -highly confidential data nor for valuable data which is not otherwise -backed up. However, it works well in practice, it comes with extensive -unit tests [2], and there are no known security flaws which would -compromise confidentiality or data integrity. (For a current -description of all known security issues and an overview of Tahoe's -security properties, please see the Security web page: [3].) +Because this software is the product of less than a year and a half of +active development, we do not categorically recommend it for the +storage of data which is extremely confidential or precious. However, +we believe that the combination of erasure coding and careful +engineering makes the use of this software a much safer alternative +than common alternatives, such as RAID or traditional backup onto a +remote hard drive, removable drive, or tape. + +This software comes with extensive unit tests [2], and there are no +known security flaws which would compromise confidentiality or data +integrity. (For a current description of all known security issues +and an overview of Tahoe's security properties, please see the +Security web page: [3].) This release of Tahoe is suitable for the "friendnet" use case [4] -- it is easy to create a filesystem spread over the computers of you and @@ -138,11 +132,10 @@ eternally grateful! Zooko O'Whielacronx on behalf of the allmydata.org team -February 15, 2008 +March 13, 2008 Boulder, Colorado, USA - -[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=1805 +[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=2183 [2] http://allmydata.org/tahoe-figleaf/current/ [3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Security [4] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/UseCases @@ -152,3 +145,7 @@ Boulder, Colorado, USA [8] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=1804 [9] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev [10] http://allmydata.com + +P.S. Someday, people might search for some of the earliest occurrences of the +name "LAUGFS", which stands for Least AUthority Grid FileSystem". Hello, +searchers from the future!