docs: relnotes.txt final (!?) update for 1.3.0!

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still-not-actually-ANNOUNCING-yet Allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3
ANNOUNCING allmydata.org "Tahoe", the Least-Authority Filesystem, v1.3
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.0 of "Tahoe", the
Least Authority Filesystem.
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The version 1 branch of Tahoe is the basis of the consumer backup
product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com .
Tahoe v1.3 is fully compatible with Tahoe v1 branch. v1.3 clients
produce files which can be read by clients of all versions back to v1.0
(unless the file is too large -- greater than 12 GiB with default
configuration). v1.3 clients can read files produced by clients of all
Tahoe v1.3 is fully compatible with the version 1 branch of Tahoe.
Files written by v1.3 clients can be read by clients of all versions
back to v1.0 (unless the file is too large -- with the default
configuration, files greater than 12 GiB can't be read by older
clients). v1.3 clients can read files produced by clients of all
versions since v1.0. v1.3 servers can serve clients of all versions
back to v1.0 and v1.3 clients can use servers of all versions back to
v1.0 (but can't upload large files to them).
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With Tahoe, you can distribute your filesystem across a set of
computers, such that if some of the computers fail or turn out to be
malicious, the entire filesystem continues to be available, provided by
malicious, the entire filesystem continues to be available, thanks to
the remaining computers. You can also share your files with other
users, using a simple and flexible access control scheme.
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INSTALLATION
Tahoe works on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Cygwin, and Solaris, and
probably most other systems which have a Python interpreter and a C/C++
compiler. Start with "docs/install.html" [9].
probably most other systems. Start with "docs/install.html" [9].
HACKING AND COMMUNITY
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SPONSORSHIP
Tahoe is sponsored by Allmydata, Inc. [14], 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). Also they award customized
t-shirts to hackers who find security flaws in Tahoe (see
http://hacktahoe.org ). Thank you to Allmydata, Inc. for their
generous and public-spirited support.
backup services. Allmydata, Inc. created the Tahoe project, and
contributes hardware, software, ideas, bug reports, suggestions,
demands, and money (employing several Tahoe hackers and instructing
them to spend part of their work time on this Free Software project).
Also they award customized t-shirts to hackers who find security flaws
in Tahoe (see http://hacktahoe.org ). Thank you to Allmydata, Inc. for
their generous and public-spirited support.
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
on behalf of the allmydata.org team
with special acknowledgment of Brian Warner, whose superb engineering
Special acknowledgment goes to Brian Warner, whose superb engineering
skills and dedication are primarily responsible for the Tahoe
implementation, and largely responsible for the Tahoe design as well,
not to mention most of the docs and many other things besides
not to mention most of the docs and many other things besides.
February 11, 2009 (XXX HOPEFULLY)
February 13, 2009
Boulder, Colorado, USA
[1] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/relnotes.txt?rev=2789