-ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.6
+ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.6.1
-We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of
-version 1.6 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed
-data store.
+The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate
+availability of version 1.6.1 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
+reliable distributed data store.
Tahoe-LAFS is the first cloud storage system which offers
"provider-independent security" -- meaning that not even your
-cloud service provider can read or alter your data without your
-consent. Here is the one-page explanation of its unique
+cloud service provider can read or alter your data without
+your consent. Here is the one-page explanation of its unique
security and fault-tolerance properties:
http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html
-Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.0 is the successor to v1.5.0, which was
-released August 1, 2009 [1]. This release includes major
-performance improvements, usability improvements, and one major
-new feature: deep-immutable directories (cryptographically
-unalterable permanent snapshots). See the NEWS file [2] for
-details.
+Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.1 is the successor to v1.6.0, which was
+released February 2, 2010 [1]. This is a bugfix release which
+fixes a few small regressions in v1.6.0.
+
+The v1.6 release includes major performance improvements,
+usability improvements, and one major new feature:
+deep-immutable directories (cryptographically unalterable
+permanent snapshots). See the NEWS file [2] for details.
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers have
developed related projects to integrate it with other
tools. These include frontends for Windows, Macintosh,
-JavaScript, and iPhone, and plugins for Hadoop, bzr, duplicity,
-TiddlyWiki, and more. As of this release, contributors have
+JavaScript, and iPhone, and plugins for Hadoop, bzr,
+duplicity, TiddlyWiki, and more. As of v1.6, contributors have
added an Android frontend and a working read-only FUSE
frontend. See the Related Projects page on the wiki [3].
-We believe that the combination of erasure coding, strong
-encryption, Free/Open Source Software and careful engineering
-make Tahoe-LAFS safer than RAID, removable drive, tape, on-line
+We believe that strong encryption, Free/Open Source Software,
+erasure coding, and careful engineering practices make
+Tahoe-LAFS safer than RAID, removable drive, tape, on-line
backup or other Cloud storage systems.
-This software is developed under thorough unit tests, and there
-are no known bugs or security flaws which would compromise
-confidentiality or data integrity under normal use. (For all
-currently known issues please see the known_issues.txt file
-[4].)
+This software is developed under test-driven development, and
+there are no known bugs or security flaws which would
+compromise confidentiality or data integrity under normal
+use. (For all currently known issues please see the
+known_issues.txt file [4].)
COMPATIBILITY
clients of all versions back to v1.0 and clients from this
release can use servers of all versions back to v1.0.
-This is the seventh release in the version 1 series. The
-version 1 series of Tahoe-LAFS will be actively supported and
+This is the eigth release in the version 1 series. The version
+1 series of Tahoe-LAFS will be actively supported and
maintained for the forseeable future, and future versions of
Tahoe-LAFS will retain the ability to read and write files
compatible with Tahoe-LAFS v1.
to provide bug reports.) Thank you to Allmydata, Inc. for their
generous and public-spirited support.
-This is the third release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely as
-a labor of love by volunteers. Thank you very much to the
+This is the fourth release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely
+as a labor of love by volunteers. Thank you very much to the
dedicated team of "hackers in the public interest" who make
Tahoe-LAFS possible.
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team
-February 1, 2010
+February 27, 2010
Boulder, Colorado, USA
-[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4042
-[2] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4189
+[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4220
+[2] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4243
[3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
[4] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt
[5] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL
[7] http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/install.html
[8] http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
[9] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/roadmap
-[10] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=4186
+[10] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=4243
[11] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
[12] http://allmydata.com
[13] http://hacktahoe.org