Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

12/10/2007 03:49:55 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Brian Warner

Comment:

release 0.2.0

WikiStart

@@ -6 +6 @@
 Brian Warner for several years.
 
-The current release is [/releases/foolscap-0.1.7.tar.gz foolscap-0.1.7]
-([/releases/foolscap-0.1.7.tar.gz.sig gpg sig]).
+The current release is [/releases/foolscap-0.2.0.tar.gz foolscap-0.2.0]
+([/releases/foolscap-0.2.0.tar.gz.sig gpg sig]).
 
 The two primary responsibilities of an RPC protocol are to:
@@ -47 +47 @@
 == Show Me The Code ==
 
-The current release is available [/releases/foolscap-0.1.7.tar.gz here]. This
+The current release is available [/releases/foolscap-0.2.0.tar.gz here]. This
 is an alpha release, since the protocol has not been finalized, and
 incompatible changes are being made every few months. Older releases are
@@ -77 +77 @@
 == Status ==
 
-Foolscap is not yet ready for production use. The [source:doc/todo.txt
-'todo.txt'] and [source:doc/jobs.txt 'jobs.txt'] files contain some of the
-things that need finishing before it will be ready. Connection negotiation
-needs to be changed to use variable-length certificate digests and
-certificate chains and variable-length object names, various questions about
-making objects "giftable" by default or not need to be answered and
-implemented, and we need to acquire operational experience with Foolscap as a
-whole to think about usability.
+Foolscap is slowly getting closer to being ready for production use.
+Applications which have full control over both ends of the wire and which can
+thus tolerate wire-protocol changes are probably the best candidate.
 
-Release 0.1.7 (as well as older releases) are available in the [/releases/
+The [source:doc/todo.txt 'todo.txt'] and [source:doc/jobs.txt 'jobs.txt']
+files contain some of the things that need finishing before it will be ready.
+Connection negotiation needs to be changed to use variable-length certificate
+digests and certificate chains and variable-length object names, various
+questions about making objects "giftable" by default or not need to be
+answered and implemented, and we need to acquire operational experience with
+Foolscap as a whole to think about usability.
+
+Release 0.2.0 (as well as older releases) are available in the [/releases/
 releases directory].