====================================================== Tahoe-LAFS Weekly News, issue number 61, March 29 2016 ======================================================
Welcome to the Tahoe-LAFS Weekly News (TWN). Tahoe-LAFS_ is a secure, distributed storage system. `View TWN on the web`_ *or* `subscribe to TWN`_. If you would like to view the "new and improved" TWN, complete with pictures; please take a `look`_. .. _Tahoe-LAFS: https://tahoe-lafs.org .. _View TWN on the web: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/TahoeLAFSWeeklyNews .. _subscribe to TWN: https://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-lafs-weekly-news .. _look: https://tahoe-lafs.org/~marlowe/TWN61.html Announcements and News ====================== Foolscap 0.11 Released ---------------------- Brian `released Foolscap 0.11`_. Foolscap is a secure RPC protocol for Twisted+Python, which Tahoe-LAFS uses for its connections to the storage servers. .. _`released Foolscap 0.11`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2016-March/009699.html Test Grid Tests 1.11.0 ---------------------- Paul Rabahy announced the `test grid will help test 1.11.0`_. The test grid will track the alpha and beta releases. Please be advised this may cause some down time. .. _`test grid will help test 1.11.0`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2016-March/009701.html PyPI "distribution name" changed, 1.11.0a2 tagged ------------------------------------------------- Brian `released 1.11.0a2`_. This closes `#2011`_ which changes the PyPI distribution name from "allmydata-tahoe" to "tahoe-lafs". .. _`released 1.11.0a2`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2016-March/009703.html .. _`#2011`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/2011 1.11.0b1 tagged --------------- Brian `released 1.11.0b1`_. Brian is aiming to make the final release on Thursday, March 31. So, please test this out: see if the instructions in the README (and the new INSTALL.rst) are surprising, or wrong. Look for broken links, wiki pages that don't point to useful things, problems on platforms we aren't able to test on. I'm especially looking for independent confirmation of the OS-X and windows install docs. .. _`released 1.11.0b1`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2016-March/009705.html zfec trac is back ----------------- Brian `fixed the zfec trac instance`_ and pointed it to vu3rdd's github repo. .. _`fixed the zfec trac instance`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2016-March/009706.html Rightscon --------- Patrick will be at `Rightscon`_ next week. Please drop him a line and say hi. He would love to hear what you like about TWN, what new things you would like to see added, and how you are using Tahoe-LAFS. .. _`Rightscon`: https://rightscon.org Nuts and Bolts ============== Nuts and Bolts is held regularly at 1700Z on Tuesdays and Fridays. Check in IRC for the URI of the meeting. Tuesday, 03/29 -------------- Attendees: Brian Warner, David Stainton, Leif Ryge, Patrick R McDonald We tested the 1.11.0b1 release. Things look good. We attached multiple servers, including an experimental one over `Tor`_. .. _`Tor`: https://torproject.org *The Tahoe-LAFS Weekly News is published once a week by The Tahoe-LAFS* The Tahoe-LAFS Weekly News is published once a week by The Tahoe-LAFS Software Foundation, President and Treasurer: Peter Secor |peter|. Scribes: Patrick "marlowe" McDonald |marlowe|, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn , Editor Emeritus: |zooko|. Send your news stories to `[email protected]`_ - submission deadline: Monday night. .. _`[email protected]`: mailto:marlowe at antagonism.org .. |peter| image:: psecor.jpg :height: 35 :alt: peter :target: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/AboutUs .. |marlowe| image:: marlowe-x75-bw.jpg :height: 35 :alt: marlowe :target: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/AboutUs .. |zooko| image:: zooko.png :height: 35 :alt: zooko :target: http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/AboutUs _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list [email protected] https://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev
