From: Zooko O'Whielacronx <zooko@zooko.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:52:31 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: docs: NEWS and relnotes-short.txt and CREDITS for v1.6.1
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docs: NEWS and relnotes-short.txt and CREDITS for v1.6.1
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diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index a867fd27..82b0f20a 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@ D: edited docs/running.html
 N: David-Sarah Hopwood
 E: david-sarah@jacaranda.org
 P: 12F8 A95C C90B B68E 369C 003D 5947 3C63 3CB3 A807
-D: ticket gardening, Windows, security/crypto/usability/api, code review, docs
+D: Tahoe-LAFS Hacker; ticket gardening, code, code review, docs
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0f1415bb..5d5f54ee 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 User visible changes in Tahoe-LAFS.  -*- outline -*-
 
+* Release 1.6.1 (2010-02-27)
+
+** Bugfixes
+
+*** Correct handling of Immutable Directories
+
+Immutable directories can now be deep-checked (in v1.6.0 running deep-check on
+a system which included immutable directories would result in an exception
+which caused the deep-check operation to abort). (#948)
+
+** Usability Improvements
+
+Improved user interface messages (#681, #837, #939).
+
 * Release 1.6.0 (2010-02-01)
 
 ** New Features
diff --git a/relnotes-short.txt b/relnotes-short.txt
index 93e1f27b..6356d563 100644
--- a/relnotes-short.txt
+++ b/relnotes-short.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-ANNOUNCING v1.6 of Tahoe-LAFS
+ANNOUNCING v1.6.1 of Tahoe-LAFS
 
 We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of
-version 1.6 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed
+version 1.6.1 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely reliable distributed
 data store.
 
 Tahoe-LAFS is the first cloud storage system which offers
@@ -12,25 +12,26 @@ 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. This release includes major
-performance improvements, usability improvements, and one major
-new feature: deep-immutable directories (cryptographically
-unalterable permanent snapshots). See the release notes for
-details.
+Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.1 is the successor to v1.6.0, which was
+released February 2, 2010. 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 release notes for details.
 
 http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/relnotes.txt
 
 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
-added an Android frontend and a working read-only FUSE
+tools. These include plugins for Hadoop, bzr, duplicity,
+TiddlyWiki, and much more. As of this release, contributors
+have added an Android frontend and a working read-only FUSE
 frontend. See the Related Projects page on the wiki:
 
 http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
 
-We believe that erasure coding, strong encryption, Free/Open
-Source Software and careful engineering make Tahoe-LAFS safer
-than other storage technologies.
+We believe that strong encryption, Free/Open Source Software,
+erasure coding, and careful engineering practices make
+Tahoe-LAFS safer than other storage technologies.