[tahoe-dev] anybody want to do some Tahoe-LAFS hacking? (v1.5.1)

[Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn]

Folks:

The original plan for v1.5.1 was to get Tahoe-LAFS nicely packaged  
for Debian/Ubuntu, Windows, and Macintosh.

Three weeks ago we had a successful Tahoe-LAFS Hacking Weekend [1] in  
which quite a few people helped out and we made progress on the  
Debian and Windows fronts.

I subsequently punted on the Mac packaging issues, moving them out of  
the 1.5.1 Milestone [2] and into the 1.5.2 Milestone [3], since I  
didn't have time to work on it.

We now appear to be on the verge of getting Tahoe-LAFS included in  
Ubuntu Karmic Koala [4] and we are making progress on getting it  
included in Debian sid.

Now, I would like to finish *something* and release it.  Changes  
since v1.5.0 will include a code refactoring that Brian committed  
[4045], and probably the "servers of happiness" feature that Kevan is  
working on [6] (especially if someone helps him finish the docs).  It  
will include lots of Debian/Ubuntu packaging work that has been done  
by various people during the process of Koalification, and some  
improved documentation for Windows thanks to Shawn Willden and David- 
Sarah Hopwood.  It *could* include one or two other small  
improvements such as the ones tagged as "easy" [5].

So, this coming weekend is a long weekend -- I have Monday off of  
work.  On the other hand Sunday is Game Day At Chez O'Whielacronx.   
But tomorrow (Friday) evening, and some parts of Saturday, and some  
parts of Monday, I'll probably be on IRC trying to finish some of  
these packaging issues for Tahoe-LAFS v1.5.1.  (Hey, maybe Sunday  
during Game Day, too.  :-))  Please join me!  It'll be a good time.  :-)

Regards,

Zooko

[1] http://allmydata.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2009-August/002642.html
[2] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/milestone/1.5.1
[3] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/milestone/1.5.2
[4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/421802
[5] http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/query?status=%21closed&keywords=% 
7Eeasy

tickets mentioned in this letter:
http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/778 # "shares of happiness" is  
the wrong measure; "servers of happiness" is better

patches mentioned in this letter:
http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/changeset/4045 # Overhaul  
IFilesystemNode handling, to simplify tests and use POLA internally