-ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.0c2
+ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.8.0c3
The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate
-availability of version 1.8.0c2 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
+availability of version 1.8.0c3 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
reliable distributed storage system.
Tahoe-LAFS is the first distributed storage system which
The current stable release of Tahoe-LAFS is v1.7.1, which was
released July 18, 2010 [1].
-v1.8.0c2 is leading up to the v1.8.0 release of major new
-improvements, including fast and fault-tolerant downloads and
-better Windows support. See the NEWS file [2] for details.
-It corrects some minor regressions in download status pages.
-v1.8.0c1 corrected 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.
+v1.8.0c3 is leading up to the v1.8.0 release, featuring
+including fast and fault-tolerant downloads and better
+Windows support. See the NEWS file [2] for details. v1.8.0c3
+fixes performance regressions for some server
+layouts. v.1.80c2 corrected some minor regressions in
+download status pages. v1.8.0c1 corrected 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
+v1.8.0 final on approximately September 11, 2010.
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
security. You can easily share specific files and directories
with other people.
-In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers have
-built other projects on top of Tahoe-LAFS and have integrated
-Tahoe-LAFS with existing systems.
-
-These include frontends for Windows, Macintosh, JavaScript,
-iPhone, and Android, and plugins for Hadoop, bzr, mercurial,
-duplicity, TiddlyWiki, and more. See the Related Projects page
-on the wiki [3].
+In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers
+have built other projects on top of Tahoe-LAFS and have
+integrated Tahoe-LAFS with existing systems, including
+Windows, JavaScript, iPhone, Android, Hadoop, Flume, Django,
+Puppet, bzr, mercurial, perforce, duplicity, TiddlyWiki, and
+more. See the Related Projects page on the wiki [3].
We believe that strong cryptography, Free and Open Source
Software, erasure coding, and principled engineering practices
David-Sarah Hopwood and Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team
-August 10, 2010
+September 2, 2010
Rainhill, Merseyside, UK and Boulder, Colorado, USA