[tahoe-dev] build issues.

[Zooko O'Whielacronx]

On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Ted Rolle Jr. <stercor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Would sudo apt-get install tahoe-lafs be a suitable solution?  This installs
> v1.6.1.
> Is there a compelling reason to work out the 1.8.1 installation?
> Of course, I'd like to be at 1.8.1, but 1.6.1 may get me up and running.

You can see what changed between 1.6.1 and 1.8.1 in the NEWS file:

http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/trunk/NEWS

Assuming that you don't really require any of the new features then
sure, you can use 1.6.1.

Any really major problems that we discover that could allow your
confidentiality or data-integrity to be compromised or could allow
your data to be destroyed get documented in the "known issues" file:

http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/trunk/docs/known_issues.rst

There haven't been any such issues fixed between 1.6.1 and 1.8.1.
There *are* a few current known issues which are potentially real
dangers (if someone is maliciously attacking you), so you should read
that file in any case.

Regards,

Zooko

P.S. I know what the problem is with the simplejson requirement and
I'm working on a fix...