From: Brian Warner Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 17:25:40 +0000 (-0700) Subject: update docs for 1.10 release X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.10.0 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/components/com_hotproperty/frontends/CLI.rst?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f9af0633d8da426cbcaed3ff05ab6d7128148bb0;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git update docs for 1.10 release --- diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 5bc827bb..49f9eaf6 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ Compatibility and Dependencies Other Changes ------------- -- The flogtool utility, used to read detailed event logs, can now be accessed - as ``tahoe debug flogtool`` even when Foolscap is not installed +- The ``flogtool`` utility, used to read detailed event logs, can now be + accessed as ``tahoe debug flogtool`` even when Foolscap is not installed system-wide. (`#1693`_) - The provisioning/reliability pages were removed from the main client's web interface, and moved into a standalone web-based tool. Use the ``run.py`` - script in misc/operations_helpers/provisioning to access them. + script in ``misc/operations_helpers/provisioning/`` to access them. - Web clients can now cache (ETag) immutable directory pages. (`#443`_) - ``__ was added to document the adminstration of convergence secrets. (`#1761`_) @@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ Other Changes Precautions when Upgrading -------------------------- -- When upgrading a grid from a recent version of trunk, follow the +- When upgrading a grid from a recent revision of trunk, follow the precautions from this `message to the tahoe-dev mailing list`_, to ensure that announcements to the Introducer are recognized after the upgrade. - This is not necessary when upgrading from a previous release. + This is not necessary when upgrading from a previous release like 1.9.2. .. _`#166`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/166 .. _`#443`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/443 diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index 0f46b144..5ae94e62 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.9.2 +ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.10 The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate -availability of version 1.9.2 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely +availability of version 1.10.0 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed storage system. Get it here: https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.rst @@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ unique security and fault-tolerance properties: https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/about.rst -The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.9.1, released -on January 12, 2012. +The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.9.2, released +on July 3, 2012. -v1.9.2 is a bugfix release that primarily fixes regressions -in mutable file support. See the NEWS file [1] for details. +v1.10.0 is a feature release which adds a new Introducer +protocol, improves the appearance of the web-based user +interface, improves grid security by making introducer FURLs +unguessable, and fixes many bugs. See the NEWS file [1] for +details. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? @@ -66,7 +69,12 @@ 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. -This is the seventeenth release in the version 1 series. This +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 eighteenth 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 @@ -130,16 +138,16 @@ Of Fame" [13]. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -This is the eleventh release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely +This is the twelfth 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 +Brian Warner on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team -July 3, 2012 -Rainhill, Merseyside, UK +May 1, 2013 +San Francisco, California, USA [1] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/NEWS.rst @@ -155,3 +163,4 @@ Rainhill, Merseyside, UK [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