From: david-sarah Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 04:08:23 +0000 (-0700) Subject: relnotes.txt and docs/known_issues.txt for 1.8.0beta2. X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.8.0b2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/pf/content/%22news.html/about.html?a=commitdiff_plain;h=077108bbe9ae69c99c8f4c96e4988f2d4a25e53f;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git relnotes.txt and docs/known_issues.txt for 1.8.0beta2. --- diff --git a/docs/known_issues.txt b/docs/known_issues.txt index a913184c..6d4894cc 100644 --- a/docs/known_issues.txt +++ b/docs/known_issues.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ = known issues = * overview -* issues in Tahoe-LAFS v1.7.1, released 2010-07-18 +* issues in Tahoe-LAFS v1.8.0β2, released 2010-08-06 - potential unauthorized access by JavaScript in unrelated files - potential disclosure of file through embedded hyperlinks or JavaScript in that file - command-line arguments are leaked to other local users diff --git a/relnotes.txt b/relnotes.txt index 9c2b6de1..97efdf91 100644 --- a/relnotes.txt +++ b/relnotes.txt @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.0β +ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.0β2 The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate -availability of version 1.8.0β of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely +availability of version 1.8.0β2 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed storage system. Tahoe-LAFS is the first distributed storage system which @@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html The current stable release of Tahoe-LAFS is v1.7.1, which was released July 18, 2010 [1]. -v1.8.0β is the beta release of major new improvements, including fast -and fault-tolerant downloads and better Windows support. See the NEWS -file [2] for details. If no regressions or critical bugs are -discovered in this 1.8.0β version then we will release a functionally -identical 1.8.0 final version on approximately August 15, 2010. +v1.8.0β2 is the second beta release of major new improvements, +including fast and fault-tolerant downloads and better Windows +support. See the NEWS file [2] for details. It corrects regressions +in compatibility with other versions, and in downloads using the +Range header, that were introduced in v1.8.0β. If no further +regressions or critical bugs are discovered, we will release a +functionally identical v1.8.0 final version on approximately +August 15, 2010. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? @@ -143,12 +146,12 @@ possible. David-Sarah Hopwood and Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team -August 3, 2010 +August 6, 2010 Rainhill, Merseyside, UK and Boulder, Colorado, USA [1] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4579 -[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4636 +[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4670 [3] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects [4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt [5] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL