relnotes.txt: update and edit for the 1.2.0 release!

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*** INTERIM relnotes.txt file
This file is being edited. Eventually it will contain the release notes for the
Tahoe v1.2 release. Today, it contains the historical copy of the Tahoe 1.1
release notes, edited with incremental changes towards making it into the Tahoe
1.2 release notes.
***
ANNOUNCING Allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.2
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.2.0 of the "Tahoe"
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This is the successor to Allmydata.org "Tahoe" Least Authority
Filesystem v1.1, which was released June 11, 2008 [1]. XXX update the following sentence This release
fixes several serious issues in Tahoe v1.0, and improves the user
interfaces. See the known_issues.txt file [2] and the NEWS file [3]
for details.
Filesystem v1.1, which was released June 11, 2008 [1]. This release
fixes a security issue in Tahoe v1.1, fixes a few small issues in the
web interface, adds a "check health" operation for mutable files, and
adds logging/operations/deployment improvements.
See the known_issues.txt file [2] and the NEWS file [3] for details.
COMPATIBILITY
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The version 1 branch of Tahoe is used as the basis of the consumer
backup product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com .
Tahoe v1.1 is fully compatible with Tahoe v1.0. v1.1 clients produce
files which can be read by v1.0 clients. v1.1 clients can read files
produced by clients of all versions >= v0.8. v1.1 servers can serve
v1.0 clients and v1.1 clients can use v1.0 servers.
Tahoe v1.2 is fully compatible with Tahoe v1.0. v1.2 clients produce
files which can be read by v1.0 clients. v1.2 clients can read files
produced by clients of all versions >= v0.8. v1.2 servers can serve
v1.0 clients and v1.2 clients can use v1.0 servers.
This is the second release in the version 1 series. We believe that
This is the third release in the version 1 series. We believe that
this version of Tahoe is stable enough to rely on as a permanent store
of valuable data. The version 1 branch of Tahoe will be actively
supported and maintained for the forseeable future, and future
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development, we do not categorically recommend it for the storage of
data which is extremely confidential or precious. However, we believe
that the combination of erasure coding, strong encryption, and careful
engineering makes the use of this software a much safer alternative
than common alternatives, such as RAID, or traditional backup onto a
remote server, removable drive, or tape.
engineering make Tahoe safer than common alternatives, such as RAID,
or traditional backup onto a remote server, removable drive, or tape.
This software comes with extensive unit tests [4], and there are no
known security flaws which would compromise confidentiality or data
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This release of Tahoe is suitable for the "friendnet" use case [5] --
it is easy to create a filesystem spread over the computers of you and
your friends so that you can share files and disk space with one
another.
your friends so that you can share disk space and share files.
LICENCE
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SPONSORSHIP
Tahoe is sponsored by Allmydata, Inc. [13], a provider of consumer
Tahoe is sponsored by Allmydata, Inc. [13], a provider of commercial
backup services. Allmydata, Inc. contributes hardware, software,
ideas, bug reports, suggestions, demands, and money (employing several
allmydata.org Tahoe hackers and instructing them to spend part of
their work time on this free-software project). We are eternally
grateful!
their work time on this free-software project). Also they distribute
customized t-shirts just for some of our favorite contributors. We
are eternally grateful!
Zooko O'Whielacronx
on behalf of the allmydata.org team
June 11, 2008
San Francisco, California, USA
July 21, 2008
Boulder, Colorado, USA
[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=2716
[2] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/known_issues.txt
[3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/docs/NEWS
[3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/NEWS
[4] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/Dev
[5] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/UseCases
[6] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/COPYING.GPL