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
+- 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.
+ script in ``misc/operations_helpers/provisioning/`` to access them.
- Web clients can now cache (ETag) immutable directory pages. (`#443`_)
- `<docs/convergence_secret.rst>`__ was added to document the adminstration
of convergence secrets. (`#1761`_)
Precautions when Upgrading
--------------------------
-- When upgrading a grid from a recent version of trunk, follow the
+- When upgrading a grid from a recent revision of trunk, follow the
precautions from this `message to the tahoe-dev mailing list`_, to ensure
that announcements to the Introducer are recognized after the upgrade.
- This is not necessary when upgrading from a previous release.
+ This is not necessary when upgrading from a previous release like 1.9.2.
.. _`#166`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/166
.. _`#443`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/443
-ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.9.2
+ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.10
The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate
-availability of version 1.9.2 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
+availability of version 1.10.0 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
reliable distributed storage system. Get it here:
https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.rst
https://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-lafs/trunk/docs/about.rst
-The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.9.1, released
-on January 12, 2012.
+The previous stable release of Tahoe-LAFS was v1.9.2, released
+on July 3, 2012.
-v1.9.2 is a bugfix release that primarily fixes regressions
-in mutable file support. See the NEWS file [1] for details.
+v1.10.0 is a feature release which adds a new Introducer
+protocol, improves the appearance of the web-based user
+interface, improves grid security by making introducer FURLs
+unguessable, and fixes many bugs. See the NEWS file [1] for
+details.
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
versions are interoperable with previous versions. We intend
to build such an infrastructure in the future.
-This is the seventeenth release in the version 1 series. This
+The new Introducer protocol added in v1.10 is backwards
+compatible with older clients and introducer servers, however
+some features will be unavailable when an older node is
+involved. Please see docs/nodekeys.rst [14] for details.
+
+This is the eighteenth release in the version 1 series. This
series of Tahoe-LAFS will be actively supported and maintained
for the foreseeable future, and future versions of Tahoe-LAFS
will retain the ability to read and write files compatible
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-This is the eleventh release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely
+This is the twelfth release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely
as a labor of love by volunteers. Thank you very much to the
team of "hackers in the public interest" who make Tahoe-LAFS
possible.
-David-Sarah Hopwood
+Brian Warner
on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team
-July 3, 2012
-Rainhill, Merseyside, UK
+May 1, 2013
+San Francisco, California, USA
[1] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/NEWS.rst
[11] http://atlasnetworks.us/
[12] https://leastauthority.com/
[13] https://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/
+[14] https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs/nodekeys.rst