From: Brian Warner Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:12:16 +0000 (-0700) Subject: NEWS: edits, formatting, consolidation, set a date for 1.10.0 X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.10.0c1~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/pf/content/vdrive?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e0a1e30d800fdefba90178541a84a50088ff845c;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git NEWS: edits, formatting, consolidation, set a date for 1.10.0 --- diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index c8932ef7..683b399c 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ User-Visible Changes in Tahoe-LAFS ================================== -Release 1.10 (2013-??-??) -''''''''''''''''''''''''' +Release 1.10.0 (2013-05-01) +''''''''''''''''''''''''''' New Features ------------ @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ New Features - The Welcome page has been redesigned. This is a preview of the design style that is likely to be used in other parts of the WUI in future Tahoe-LAFS versions. (`#1713`_, `#1457`_, `#1735`_) -- A new, more extensible Introducer protocol has been added, to act as the - basis for future improvements such as accounting. Compatibility with older - nodes is not affected. When server, introducer, and client are all - upgraded, the welcome page will show node IDs that start with "v0-" instead - of the old tubid. (`#466`_) +- A new extensible Introducer protocol has been added, as the basis for + future improvements such as accounting. Compatibility with older nodes is + not affected. When server, introducer, and client are all upgraded, the + welcome page will show node IDs that start with "v0-" instead of the old + tubid. See ``__ for details. (`#466`_) - The web-API has a new ``relink`` operation that supports directly moving files between directories. (`#1579`_) @@ -49,56 +49,45 @@ Command-line Syntax Changes Notable Bugfixes ---------------- -- If an immutable file failed to download, e.g. due to a connection problem, - subsequent attempts to download the same file could also fail. (`#1679`_) -- The SFTP frontend now works with recent versions of Twisted, rather than - giving errors or warnings about use of ``IFinishableConsumer``. (`#1926`_, - `#1564`_, `#1525`_) -- Failure handling in the SFTP frontend has been improved. (`#1525`_) -- Checking a LIT file using ``tahoe check`` no longer results in an - exception. (`#1758`_) +- In earlier versions, if a connection problem caused a download failure for + an immutable file, subsequent attempts to download the same file could also + fail. This is now fixed. (`#1679`_) - Filenames in WUI directory pages are now displayed correctly when they contain characters that require HTML escaping. (`#1143`_) - Non-ASCII node nicknames no longer cause WUI errors. (`#1298`_) -- Error messages containing tracebacks may be slightly more readable. - (`#1484`_) -- ``tahoe cp --verbose`` counts the files being processed correctly. +- Checking a LIT file using ``tahoe check`` no longer results in an + exception. (`#1758`_) +- The SFTP frontend now works with recent versions of Twisted, rather than + giving errors or warnings about use of ``IFinishableConsumer``. (`#1926`_, + `#1564`_, `#1525`_) +- ``tahoe cp --verbose`` now counts the files being processed correctly. (`#1805`_, `#1783`_) - Exceptions no longer trigger an unhelpful crash reporter on Ubuntu 12.04 ("Precise") or later. (`#1746`_) -- Improve error message when CLI tools cannot connect to a gateway. (`#974`_) -- Other minor changes: `#1781`_, `#1812`_ - -Performance Improvements ------------------------- - -- Allow web clients to cache immutable directory pages. (`#443`_) - -Documentation -------------- - -- docs/helper.rst has been brought up to date. (`#1915`_) -- docs/convergence_secret.rst was added to document the adminstration of - convergence secrets. (`#1761`_) - -Packaging Changes ------------------ - -- The flogtool utility, used to read 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 in - misc/operations_helpers/provisioning. Use the ``run.py`` script to access - them. +- The error message displayed when a CLI tool cannot connect to a gateway has + been improved. (`#974`_) +- Other minor fixes: `#1781`_, `#1812`_, `#1915`_, `#1484`_, `#1525`_ Compatibility and Dependencies ------------------------------ - Python >= 2.6, except Python 3 (`#1658`_) - Twisted >= 11.0.0 (`#1771`_) -- mock >= 0.8 -- pycryptopp >= 0.6.0 (for ed25519) +- mock >= 0.8 (for unit tests) +- pycryptopp >= 0.6.0 (for Ed25519 signatures) + +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 + 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. +- Web clients can now cache (ETag) immutable directory pages. (`#443`_) +- ``__ was added to document the adminstration + of convergence secrets. (`#1761`_) Precautions when Upgrading -------------------------- @@ -139,6 +128,7 @@ Precautions when Upgrading .. _`message to the tahoe-dev mailing list`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2013-March/008096.html + Release 1.9.2 (2012-07-03) ''''''''''''''''''''''''''