docs: update relnote.txt for Tahoe-LAFS v1.7.0β

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-ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.6.1
+ANNOUNCING Tahoe, the Least-Authority File System, v1.7.0β
+
+(beta release for Tahoe-LAFS v1.7.0)
+
+(This relnotes.txt document is the beta version of the
+relnotes.txt document which will announce Tahoe-LAFS v1.7.0
+when it is final.)
 
 The Tahoe-LAFS team is pleased to announce the immediate
-availability of version 1.6.1 of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
+availability of version 1.7.0β of Tahoe-LAFS, an extremely
 reliable distributed data store.
 
 Tahoe-LAFS is the first cloud storage system which offers
-"provider-independent security" -- meaning that not even your
+"provider-independent security"—meaning that not even your
 cloud service provider can read or alter your data without
 your consent.  Here is the one-page explanation of its unique
 security and fault-tolerance properties:
 
-http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html
+http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html
 
-Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.1 is the successor to v1.6.0, which was
-released February 2, 2010 [1]. This is a bugfix release which
-fixes a few small regressions in v1.6.0.
+Tahoe-LAFS v1.7.0β is the successor to v1.6.1, which was released
+February 27, 2010 [1].
 
-The v1.6 release includes major performance improvements,
-usability improvements, and one major new feature:
-deep-immutable directories (cryptographically unalterable
-permanent snapshots). See the NEWS file [2] for details.
+v1.7.0β is a major new release with new features and a few bugfixes. It
+adds a fully functional SFTP interface, support for non-ASCII character
+encodings, and a new upload algorithm which guarantees that each file
+is spread over multiple servers for fault-tolerance. See the NEWS file
+[2] for details.
 
 
 WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
 
 With Tahoe-LAFS, you spread your filesystem across multiple
-servers, and even if some of the servers fail or are taken over
-by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to work
+servers, and even if some of the servers fail or are taken
+over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to work
 correctly, and continues to preserve your privacy and
-security. You can easily and securely share chosen files and
-directories with others.
+security. You can easily share specific files and directories
+with other people.
 
 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 v1.6, contributors have
-added an Android frontend and a working read-only FUSE
-frontend. See the Related Projects page on the wiki [3].
-
-We believe that strong encryption, Free/Open Source Software,
-erasure coding, and careful engineering practices make
-Tahoe-LAFS safer than RAID, removable drive, tape, on-line
-backup or other Cloud storage systems.
+built other projects on top of Tahoe-LAFS and have integrated
+Tahoe-LAFS with existing systems.
+
+These related projects 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].
+
+We believe that strong encryption, Free and Open Source
+Software, erasure coding, and careful engineering practices
+make Tahoe-LAFS safer than RAID, removable drive, tape,
+on-line backup or other Cloud storage systems.
 
 This software is developed under test-driven development, and
 there are no known bugs or security flaws which would
-compromise confidentiality or data integrity under normal
+compromise confidentiality or data integrity under recommended
 use. (For all currently known issues please see the
 known_issues.txt file [4].)
 
@@ -62,17 +69,12 @@ all versions since v1.0. Servers from this release can serve
 clients of all versions back to v1.0 and clients from this
 release can use servers of all versions back to v1.0.
 
-This is the eigth release in the version 1 series. The version
+This is the ninth release in the version 1 series. The version
 1 series of Tahoe-LAFS will be actively supported and
 maintained for the forseeable future, and future versions of
 Tahoe-LAFS will retain the ability to read and write files
 compatible with Tahoe-LAFS v1.
 
-In addition, version 1.6 improves forward-compatibility with
-planned future directory formats, allowing updates to a
-directory containing both current and future links, without
-loss of information.
-
 
 LICENCE
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ INSTALLATION
 
 Tahoe-LAFS works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, Solaris,
 *BSD, and probably most other systems. Start with
-"docs/install.html" [7].
+"docs/quickstart.html" [7].
 
 
 HACKING AND COMMUNITY
@@ -112,42 +114,55 @@ resources for hackers.
 
 SPONSORSHIP
 
-Tahoe-LAFS was originally developed thanks to the sponsorship
-of Allmydata, Inc. [12], a provider of commercial backup
-services. Allmydata founded the Tahoe-LAFS project and
-contributed hardware, software, ideas, bug reports,
-suggestions, demands, and they employed several Tahoe-LAFS
-hackers and instructed them to spend part of their work time on
-this Free Software project. Also they awarded customized
-t-shirts to hackers who found security flaws in Tahoe-LAFS (see
-the Hack Tahoe-LAFS Hall Of Fame [13]). After discontinuing
-funding of Tahoe-LAFS R&D in early 2009, Allmydata, Inc. has
-continued to provide servers, co-lo space, bandwidth, and small
-personal gifts as tokens of appreciation. (Also they continue
-to provide bug reports.) Thank you to Allmydata, Inc. for their
-generous and public-spirited support.
-
-This is the fourth release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely
+Tahoe-LAFS was originally developed by Allmydata, Inc., a
+provider of commercial backup services. After discontinuing
+funding of Tahoe-LAFS R&D in early 2009, they have continued
+to provide servers, bandwidth, small personal gifts as tokens
+of appreciation, and bug reports. Thank you to Allmydata,
+Inc. for their generous and public-spirited support.
+
+Google, Inc. is sponsoring Tahoe-LAFS development as part of
+the Google Summer of Code 2010. Google suggested that we
+should apply for the Summer of Code program, and when we did
+they generously awarded four sponsorships to students from
+around the world to hack on Tahoe-LAFS this summer. Thank you
+to Google, Inc. for their generous and public-spirited
+support.
+
+
+HACK TAHOE-LAFS!
+
+If you can find a security flaw in Tahoe-LAFS which is serious
+enough that feel compelled to warn our users and issue a fix,
+then we will award you with a customized t-shirts with your
+exploit printed on it and add you to the "Hack Tahoe-LAFS Hall
+Of Fame" [12].
+
+
+ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+This is the fifth release of Tahoe-LAFS to be created solely
 as a labor of love by volunteers. Thank you very much to the
-dedicated team of "hackers in the public interest" who make
-Tahoe-LAFS possible.
+team of "hackers in the public interest" who make Tahoe-LAFS
+possible. In this release we especially owe thanks to
+David-Sarah Hopwood, who has dedicated many late nights to the
+project and displayed superb software engineering skills.
 
 Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
 on behalf of the Tahoe-LAFS team
 
-February 27, 2010
+June 8, 2010
 Boulder, Colorado, USA
 
-[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4220
-[2] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4243
-[3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
-[4] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt
-[5] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL
-[6] http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/COPYING.TGPPL.html
-[7] http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/install.html
-[8] http://allmydata.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
-[9] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/roadmap
-[10] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=4243
-[11] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
-[12] http://allmydata.com
-[13] http://hacktahoe.org
+[1] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=4244
+[2] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS?rev=4443
+[3] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
+[4] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt
+[5] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL
+[6] http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/COPYING.TGPPL.html
+[7] http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/quickstart.html
+[8] http://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
+[9] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/roadmap
+[10] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/browser/CREDITS?rev=4456
+[11] http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
+[12] http://tahoe-lafs.org/hacktahoelafs/