From: Brian Warner Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 08:48:25 +0000 (-0700) Subject: NEWS: finish 1.10.1 edits. Good enough for beta1. X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.10.1b1 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/specifications/%5B/%5D%20/frontends/%22file:/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f4441474d339145944fd592930c569f8691df5eb;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git NEWS: finish 1.10.1 edits. Good enough for beta1. --- diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 19b898de..86ea7e3d 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -7,27 +7,24 @@ User-Visible Changes in Tahoe-LAFS Release 1.10.1 (XXXX-XX-XX) ''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -Partially-edited list of all changes after 1.10.0 and up-to cf9b3828 -07-Jun-2015. - UI / Configuration Changes -------------------------- The "tahoe cp" CLI command's "--recursive" option is now more predictable, -but behaves slightly differently than before. See below for details. #712 -#2329 +but behaves slightly differently than before. See below for details. Tickets +#712, #2329. The SFTP server can now use public-key authentication (instead of only password-based auth). Public keys are configured through an "account file", -just like passwords are. See docs/frontends/FTP-and-SFTP for examples of the +just like passwords. See docs/frontends/FTP-and-SFTP for examples of the format. #1411 The Tahoe node can now be configured to disable automatic IP-address detection. Using "AUTO" in tahoe.cfg [node]tub.location= (which is now the -default) triggers autodetection. Simply edit the value to omit "AUTO" to -disable autodetection. "AUTO" can be combined with static addresses to e.g. -use both a stable UPnP-configured tunneled address with a DHCP-assigned -dynamic (local-subnet-only) address. See configuration.rst for details. #754 +default) triggers autodetection. Omit "AUTO" to disable autodetection. "AUTO" +can be combined with static addresses to e.g. use both a stable +UPnP-configured tunneled address with a DHCP-assigned dynamic (local subnet +only) address. See configuration.rst for details. #754 The web-based user interface ("WUI") Directory and Welcome pages have been redesigned, with improved CSS for narrow windows and more-accessible icons @@ -37,21 +34,19 @@ redesigned, with improved CSS for narrow windows and more-accessible icons "tahoe cp" changes ------------------ -There are many "cp"-like tools in the unix world (POSIX /bin/cp, the "scp" -provided by SSH, rsync). They each behave slightly differently in unusual -circumstances, generally dealing with copying whole directories at a time, -into a target which may or may not exist already. The usual question is -whether the user is referring to the source directory as a whole, or to its -contents. For example, should "cp -r foodir bardir" create a new directory -named "bardir/foodir"? Or should it behave more like "cp -r foodir/* bardir"? -Some tools use the presence of a trailing slash to indicate which behavior -you want. Others ignore trailing slashes. +The many "cp"-like tools in the unix world (POSIX /bin/cp, the "scp" provided +by SSH, rsync) all behave slightly differently in unusual circumstances, +especially when copying whole directories into a target which may or may not +already exist. The most common difference is whether the user is referring to +the source directory as a whole, or to its contents. For example, should +"cp -r foodir bardir" create a new directory named "bardir/foodir"? Or should +it behave more like "cp -r foodir/* bardir"? Some tools use the presence of a +trailing slash to indicate which behavior you want. Others ignore trailing +slashes. "tahoe cp" is no exception to having exceptional cases. This release fixes some bad behavior and attempts to establish a consistent rationale for its -behavior. - -The new rule is: +behavior. The new rule is: - If the thing being copied is a directory, and it has a name (e.g. it's not a raw tahoe directorycap), then you are referring to the directory itself. @@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ The new rule is: - otherwise, create a directory. There are two main cases where the behavior of tahoe-1.10.1 differs from that -of the 1.10.0 release: +of the previous 1.10.0 release: - "cp DIRCAP/file.txt ./local/missing" , where "./local" is a directory but "./local/missing" does not exist. The implication is that you want tahoe to @@ -83,26 +78,13 @@ of the 1.10.0 release: In 1.10.1, following the new rule of "a named directory source refers to the directory itself", the tool creates "./local/missing/dir/file.txt". -Packaging ---------- - -Preliminary OS-X and Windows packages are now being generated. The OS-X -installer is named "tahoe-lafs-VERSION-osx.pkg" and is a standard -double-clickable installer, which installs an /Applications/tahoe.app that -embeds a complete runtime tree. However launching the .app only brings up -docs on how to run tahoe from the command line. A future release will turn -this into a fully-fledged application launcher. The Windows package is even -more preliminary. #182 #2393 #2323 - -Preliminary Docker support was added. Tahoe container images may be available -on DockerHub. PR#165 - -Old/obsolete debian packaging tools have been removed. #2282 - Compatibility and Dependency Updates ------------------------------------ -Windows now requires python2.7 . Unix platforms can use either 2.6 or 2.7. +Windows now requires python2.7 . Unix/OS-X platforms can still use either 2.6 +or 2.7, however this is probably the last release that will support 2.6 (it +is no longer receiving security updates, and most OS distributions have +switched to 2.7). Tahoe now has the following dependencies: - Twisted >= 13.0.0 - Nevow >= 0.11.1 @@ -135,53 +117,52 @@ additional Python dependencies are needed: as well as libffi (for Debian/Ubuntu, the name of the needed OS package is `libffi6`). -Tahoe-LAFS is now compatible with setuptools version 8 and pip version 6 or -later. A bug which prevented use on Ubuntu 15.04(?) was fixed (tolerate -PEP440 semantics in dependency specifications, #2354? #2242?) +Tahoe-LAFS is now compatible with Setuptools version 8 and Pip version 6 or +later, which should fix execution on Ubuntu 15.04 (it now tolerates PEP440 +semantics in dependency specifications). #2354 #2242 Tahoe-LAFS now depends upon foolscap-0.8.0, which creates better private keys -and certificates than previous versions (2048-bit RSA keys and SHA256-based -certificates). To benefit from the improved keys, you must re-generate your +and certificates than previous versions. To benefit from the improvements +(2048-bit RSA keys and SHA256-based certificates), you must re-generate your Tahoe nodes (which changes their TubIDs and FURLs). #2400 +Packaging +--------- + +A preliminary OS-X package, named "tahoe-lafs-VERSION-osx.pkg", is now being +generated. It is a standard double-clickable installer, which creates +/Applications/tahoe.app that embeds a complete runtime tree. However +launching the .app only brings up docs on how to run tahoe from the command +line. A future release will turn this into a fully-fledged application +launcher. #182 #2393 #2323 + +Preliminary Docker support was added. Tahoe container images may be available +on DockerHub. PR#165 #2419 #2421 + +Old/obsolete debian packaging tools have been removed. #2282 + Minor Changes ------------- - Welcome page: add per-server "(space) Available" column #648 - check/deep-check learned to accept multiple location args #740 - Checker reports: remove needs-rebalancing, add count-happiness #1784 #2105 -- Fix handling of long paths on windows #2235 #1674 #2027 - CLI --help: cite (but don't list) global options on each command #2233 -- Add OpenSSL version to 'tahoe --version' #2215 -- Show git branch in version output #1953 -- Improve version-number reporting #2340 -- Improve user feedback when filing an Incident Report #1974 -- Various docs cleanups/improvements -- WAPI: do not report 'size' metadata when unknown #1634 -- Improve packaging under pip #2209 -- Hush warnings during dep-checking, stop complaining about missing - "service_identity" dep #2248 -- Stop using contents of .tac files #1159 -- fix race condition during mutable upload -- fix ftp 'ls' to work with Twisted-15.0.0 #2394 - -unknown / needs-more-research: -- packaging fixes #1969 #1960 -- mutable/retrieve: raise NotEnoughSharesError earlier when the sharemap says - it's useless, and improve the error message #1742 -- improve what-is-my-ipv4 on windows/cygwin #1381 - - -Roughly 75 tickets were closed in this release: 1953 1960 1974 1972 1717 1381 -898 1707 1918 1807 740 1842 1992 2165 1847 2086 2208 2048 2128 2245 1336 2248 -2067 712 1800 1966 2008 2282 2281 2290 2023 2121? 2305 1901 2249 2193 1634 -1159 2340 1146 648 1411 2354 1961 2380 754 2393 2394 1737 2398 2400 2242 2416 -2415 2417 1969 1988 1784 2105 2209 2280 623 2249 1698 2028 2005 2312 2235 -1674 2027 2034 2323 2433 2233. Another dozen were referenced but not closed: -1834 1742 982 1064 1536 1935 666 1931 1258 182 2286 1531. Roughly 40 GitHub -pull-requests were closed: 62 48 57 61 62 63 64 69 73 81 82 84 85 87 91 94 95 -96 103 56 32 50 107 109 114 112 120 122 125 126 133 135 136 137 142 146 149 -152 165. +- Fix ftp 'ls' to work with Twisted-15.0.0 #2394 + +Roughly 75 tickets were closed in this release: 623 648 712 740 754 898 1146 +1159 1336 1381 1411 1634 1674 1698 1707 1717 1737 1784 1800 1807 1842 1847 +1901 1918 1953 1960 1961 1966 1969 1972 1974 1988 1992 2005 2008 2023 2027 +2028 2034 2048 2067 2086 2105 2121 2128 2165 2193 2208 2209 2233 2235 2242 +2245 2248 2249 2249 2280 2281 2282 2290 2305 2312 2323 2340 2354 2380 2393 +2394 2398 2400 2415 2416 2417 2433. Another dozen were referenced but not +closed: 182 666 982 1064 1258 1531 1536 1742 1834 1931 1935 2286. Roughly 40 +GitHub pull-requests were closed: 32 48 50 56 57 61 62 62 63 64 69 73 81 82 +84 85 87 91 94 95 96 103 107 109 112 114 120 122 125 126 133 135 136 137 142 +146 149 152 165. + +For more information about any ticket, visit e.g. +https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/754 Release 1.10.0 (2013-05-01)