Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Capabilities

Timestamp:

2009-02-12T15:49:17Z (16 years ago)

Author:

zooko

Comment:

add terminology: "diminishing" a cap

Capabilities

@@ -1 +1 @@
 = Capabilities =
 
-An overview from the mailing list archives - [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-February/001110.html Feb 2009 - Brian Warner]:
+An overview from the mailing list archives - originally [http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-February/001110.html Feb 2009 - Brian Warner]:
 
 {{{
@@ -26 +26 @@
  #3->#4->#5
  #6->#7->#8
+
+Deriving a weaker capability from a strong one is called "diminishing" the stronger one.
 
 So we use "filecap" to talk about #1+#3+#4, but (since most files are