Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of WikiStart


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08/07/2007 06:01:02 PM (17 years ago)
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Brian Warner
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release foolscap-0.1.5

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    44"Foolscap" is the name for the next-generation RPC protocol, intended to replace Perspective Broker. It has been under development (on and off) by Brian Warner for several years.
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    6 The current release is [/releases/foolscap-0.1.4.tar.gz foolscap-0.1.4]  ([/releases/foolscap-0.1.4.tar.gz.sig gpg sig]).
     6The current release is [/releases/foolscap-0.1.5.tar.gz foolscap-0.1.5]  ([/releases/foolscap-0.1.5.tar.gz.sig gpg sig]).
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    88The two primary responsibilities of an RPC protocol are to:
     
    3333== Show Me The Code ==
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    35 The current release is available [/releases/foolscap-0.1.4.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 available [/releases/ here].
     35The current release is available [/releases/foolscap-0.1.5.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 available [/releases/ here].
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    3737The latest Foolscap code lives in a [mercurial http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/] repository, at http://foolscap.lothar.com/repos/ . To retrieve a copy of the trunk use the following command:
     
    4949Foolscap 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.
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    51 Release 0.1.4 (as well as older releases) are available in the [/releases/ releases directory].
     51Release 0.1.5 (as well as older releases) are available in the [/releases/ releases directory].
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    5353== Links ==