docs: NEWS and relnotes-short.txt and CREDITS for v1.6.1

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User visible changes in Tahoe-LAFS. -*- outline -*- 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) * Release 1.6.0 (2010-02-01)
** New Features ** New Features

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ANNOUNCING v1.6 of Tahoe-LAFS ANNOUNCING v1.6.1 of Tahoe-LAFS
We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of 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. data store.
Tahoe-LAFS is the first cloud storage system which offers Tahoe-LAFS is the first cloud storage system which offers
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http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/docs/about.html
Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.0 is the successor to v1.5.0, which was Tahoe-LAFS v1.6.1 is the successor to v1.6.0, which was
released August 1, 2009. This release includes major released February 2, 2010. This is a bugfix release which
performance improvements, usability improvements, and one major fixes a few small regressions in v1.6.0.
new feature: deep-immutable directories (cryptographically
unalterable permanent snapshots). See the release notes for The v1.6 release includes major performance improvements,
details. 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 http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/trunk/relnotes.txt
In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers have In addition to the core storage system itself, volunteers have
developed related projects to integrate it with other developed related projects to integrate it with other
tools. These include frontends for Windows, Macintosh, tools. These include plugins for Hadoop, bzr, duplicity,
JavaScript, and iPhone, and plugins for Hadoop, bzr, duplicity, TiddlyWiki, and much more. As of this release, contributors
TiddlyWiki, and more. As of this release, contributors have have added an Android frontend and a working read-only FUSE
added an Android frontend and a working read-only FUSE
frontend. See the Related Projects page on the wiki: frontend. See the Related Projects page on the wiki:
http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/RelatedProjects
We believe that erasure coding, strong encryption, Free/Open We believe that strong encryption, Free/Open Source Software,
Source Software and careful engineering make Tahoe-LAFS safer erasure coding, and careful engineering practices make
than other storage technologies. Tahoe-LAFS safer than other storage technologies.