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docs: a few last-minute edits to the docs for 1.3.0 (also this patch will accompany the tag and conveniently trigger the buildbots to build a 1.3.0 version)

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<h2>Get Tahoe</h2>
<p>Download a recent zip file from here:</p>
<p>Download the 1.3.0 release zip file:</p>
<pre><a
href="http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/snapshots">http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/snapshots</a></pre>
href="http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/releases/allmydata-tahoe-1.3.0.zip">http://allmydata.org/source/tahoe/releases/allmydata-tahoe-1.3.0.zip</a></pre>
<h2>Build Tahoe</h2>
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<h2>More Details</h2>
<p>For more details, including platform-specific hints for debian, windows, and Mac systems, please see the <a href="http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/InstallDetails">InstallDetails</a> wiki page.</p>
<p>For more details, including platform-specific hints for Debian, Windows, and Mac systems, please see the <a href="http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/wiki/InstallDetails">InstallDetails</a> wiki page.</p>
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See the NEWS file [2] and the known_issues.txt file [3] for more
information.
In addition to the many new features of Tahoe itself, a handful of
related projects have sprung up, including Tahoe frontends for Windows
and Macintosh, two front-ends written in JavaScript, a Tahoe plugin for
In addition to the many new features of Tahoe itself, a crop of related
projects have sprung up, including Tahoe frontends for Windows and
Macintosh, two front-ends written in JavaScript, a Tahoe plugin for
duplicity, a Tahoe plugin for TiddlyWiki, a project to create a new
backup tool, CIFS/SMB integration, an iPhone app, and three incomplete
Tahoe frontends for FUSE. See Related Projects on the wiki: [4].
@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ product from Allmydata, Inc. -- http://allmydata.com .
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).
back to v1.0 unless the file is too large -- files greater than about
12 GiB (depending on the configuration) 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).
This is the fourth release in the version 1 series. We believe that
this version of Tahoe is stable enough to rely on as a permanent store
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the remaining computers. You can also share your files with other
users, using a simple and flexible access control scheme.
Because this software is the product of less than three years of active
development, we do not categorically recommend it as the sole
repository of data which is extremely confidential or precious.
However, we believe that erasure coding, strong encryption, Free/Open
Source Software and careful engineering make Tahoe safer than common
alternatives, such as RAID, removable drive, tape, or "on-line storage"
or "Cloud storage" systems.
Because this software is new, we do not categorically recommend it as
the sole repository of data which is extremely confidential or
precious. However, we believe that erasure coding, strong encryption,
Free/Open Source Software and careful engineering make Tahoe safer than
common alternatives, such as RAID, removable drive, tape, or "on-line
storage" or "Cloud storage" systems.
This software comes with extensive unit tests [5], and there are no
known security flaws which would compromise confidentiality or data