From: Zooko O'Whielacronx <zooko@zooko.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:05:00 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: docs: a few last-minute edits to the docs for 1.3.0 (also this patch will accompany... 
X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.3.0~1
X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/listings/...?a=commitdiff_plain;h=967d1b414d860b65f682f7ab56db48dbea7cc180;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git

docs: a few last-minute edits to the docs for 1.3.0 (also this patch will accompany the tag and conveniently trigger the buildbots to build a 1.3.0 version)
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diff --git a/docs/install.html b/docs/install.html
index 90be4082..f873b0cd 100644
--- a/docs/install.html
+++ b/docs/install.html
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 
     <h2>Get Tahoe</h2>
 
-      <p>Download a recent zip file from here:</p>
+      <p>Download the 1.3.0 release zip file:</p>
 
       <pre><a
-      href="http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/snapshots">http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/snapshots</a></pre>
+      href="http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/releases/allmydata-tahoe-1.3.0.zip">http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/releases/allmydata-tahoe-1.3.0.zip</a></pre>
 
     <h2>Build Tahoe</h2>
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     <h2>More Details</h2>
 
-    <p>For more details, including platform-specific hints for debian, windows, and Mac systems, please see the <a href="http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/InstallDetails">InstallDetails</a> wiki page.</p>
+    <p>For more details, including platform-specific hints for Debian, Windows, and Mac systems, please see the <a href="http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/InstallDetails">InstallDetails</a> wiki page.</p>
 
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt
index a2c41ff6..cc2fe0f4 100644
--- a/relnotes.txt
+++ b/relnotes.txt
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ command, support for large files, an (S)FTP server, and much more.
 See the NEWS file [2] and the known_issues.txt file [3] for more
 information.
 
-In addition to the many new features of Tahoe itself, a handful of
-related projects have sprung up, including Tahoe frontends for Windows
-and Macintosh, two front-ends written in JavaScript, a Tahoe plugin for
+In addition to the many new features of Tahoe itself, a crop of related
+projects have sprung up, including Tahoe frontends for Windows and
+Macintosh, two front-ends written in JavaScript, a Tahoe plugin for
 duplicity, a Tahoe plugin for TiddlyWiki, a project to create a new
 backup tool, CIFS/SMB integration, an iPhone app, and three incomplete
 Tahoe frontends for FUSE. See Related Projects on the wiki: [4].
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com .
 
 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).
+back to v1.0 unless the file is too large -- files greater than about
+12 GiB (depending on the configuration) 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).
 
 This is the fourth release in the version 1 series.  We believe that
 this version of Tahoe is stable enough to rely on as a permanent store
@@ -61,13 +61,12 @@ 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.
 
-Because this software is the product of less than three years of active
-development, we do not categorically recommend it as the sole
-repository of data which is extremely confidential or precious.
-However, we believe that erasure coding, strong encryption, Free/Open
-Source Software and careful engineering make Tahoe safer than common
-alternatives, such as RAID, removable drive, tape, or "on-line storage"
-or "Cloud storage" systems.
+Because this software is new, we do not categorically recommend it as
+the sole repository of data which is extremely confidential or
+precious.  However, we believe that erasure coding, strong encryption,
+Free/Open Source Software and careful engineering make Tahoe safer than
+common alternatives, such as RAID, removable drive, tape, or "on-line
+storage" or "Cloud storage" systems.
 
 This software comes with extensive unit tests [5], and there are no
 known security flaws which would compromise confidentiality or data