[tahoe-dev] build issues.

[David-Sarah Hopwood]

On 2010-12-19 18:00, Zooko O'Whielacronx wrote:
> 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.

... provided that the http_proxy and HTTP_PROXY variables are not set,
to avoid the security bug that was fixed in 1.8.1.

> 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

Actually that only documents security issues that are unfixed in trunk.

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David-Sarah Hopwood  ⚥  http://davidsarah.livejournal.com

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