tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25

Increase Public Awareness of Tahoe-LAFS #2345

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opened 2014-11-29 04:40:59 +00:00 by daira · 14 comments

daira commented

2014-11-29 04:40:59 +00:00

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Moved from https://github.com/LeastAuthority/leastauthority.com/issues/294:

defuse wrote:

Tahoe-LAFS needs to be more popular. We have to better communicate what it is to a wider audience. This will solve two problems:

Customers sign up for S4 without knowing what Tahoe-LAFS is, making it (I'm guessing) likely that they will cancel instead of putting in the effort to learn how to use it.

The technology in Tahoe-LAFS isn't re-used and isn't cited as often as it should be.

(Note that this is something I pulled out of my usability notes, https://github.com/LeastAuthority/leastauthority.com/issues/196).

Does anyone have ideas on how to do that?

Moved from <https://github.com/LeastAuthority/leastauthority.com/issues/294>: defuse wrote: > Tahoe-LAFS needs to be more popular. We have to better communicate what it is to a wider audience. This will solve two problems: > > * Customers sign up for S4 without knowing what Tahoe-LAFS is, making it (I'm guessing) likely that they will cancel instead of putting in the effort to learn how to use it. > * The technology in Tahoe-LAFS isn't re-used and isn't cited as often as it should be. > > (Note that this is something I pulled out of my usability notes, <https://github.com/LeastAuthority/leastauthority.com/issues/196>). > > Does anyone have ideas on how to do that?

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daira commented

2014-11-29 04:41:57 +00:00

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defuse wrote:

I propose a name change. I don't know what to change it to, but Tahoe-LAFS is bad because (1) It isn't a file system, and (2) "Tahoe" is meaningless to me, even after I read an extremely boring etymology of the name.

defuse wrote: > I propose a name change. I don't know what to change it to, but Tahoe-LAFS is bad because (1) It isn't a file system, and (2) "Tahoe" is meaningless to me, even after I read [an extremely boring etymology of the name](http://www.rubiconbay.net/name.htm).

daira commented

2014-11-29 04:43:02 +00:00

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zancas wrote, I suspect not entirely seriously:

Secure Distributed Data Store

Secure Data Distribution System

Secure Data Distribution and Recovery System

allmydata

allthedata

unhackable exocortex UE

Unhackable Metacortex

Relatively Difficult to Hack Distributed Data Store

Name-of-Some-Lake Least Authority Non-File-System

zancas wrote, I suspect not entirely seriously: > * Secure Distributed Data Store > * Secure Data Distribution System > * Secure Data Distribution and Recovery System > * allmydata > * allthedata > * unhackable exocortex UE > * Unhackable Metacortex > * Relatively Difficult to Hack Distributed Data Store > * Name-of-Some-Lake Least Authority Non-File-System

leif commented

2014-11-30 04:20:40 +00:00

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I suggested keeping the name Tahoe-LAFS but redefining the acronym from "Least Authority File System" to "Least Authority File Store". Zooko replied "Good idea" :)

Since then, whenever I've told people about Tahoe-LAFS, I've mentioned that even though there are ways to use it via FUSE it isn't really a file system exactly but rather a file store.

If daira and warner are into changing the name, I'd be happy to do some of the search+replace leg work.

I [suggested](https://twitter.com/wiretapped/status/487350174617202688) keeping the name Tahoe-LAFS but redefining the acronym from "Least Authority File System" to "Least Authority File Store". Zooko replied "Good idea" :) Since then, whenever I've told people about Tahoe-LAFS, I've mentioned that even though there are ways to use it via FUSE it isn't really a file system exactly but rather a file store. If daira and warner are into changing the name, I'd be happy to do some of the search+replace leg work.

jg71 commented

2014-11-30 12:59:18 +00:00

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Replying to leif:

I suggested keeping the name Tahoe-LAFS but redefining the acronym from "Least Authority File System" to "Least Authority File Store". Zooko replied "Good idea" :)

Replying to [leif](/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/issues/2345#issuecomment-137745): > I [suggested](https://twitter.com/wiretapped/status/487350174617202688) keeping the name Tahoe-LAFS but redefining the acronym from "Least Authority File System" to "Least Authority File Store". Zooko replied "Good idea" :) +1

daira commented

2014-12-01 17:52:24 +00:00

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Replying to leif:

I suggested keeping the name Tahoe-LAFS but redefining the acronym from "Least Authority File System" to "Least Authority File Store". Zooko replied "Good idea" :)

+10

daira commented

2014-12-01 18:05:23 +00:00

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I changed the wiki front page to say "Least-Authority File Store". (Note the hyphen: "Least-Authority" is a compound adjective.)

daira commented

2014-12-01 21:59:29 +00:00

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Review needed for https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs/pull/131.

Review needed for <https://github.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs/pull/131>.

rvs commented

2016-11-23 13:02:33 +00:00

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Does review still needed here? ;)

tahoe-lafs modified the milestone from undecided to soon

2016-11-23 13:02:33 +00:00

Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com> commented

2017-06-06 17:02:52 +00:00

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In 4723af6/trunk:

LAFS now stands for "Least-Authority File Store" rather than "Least-Authority File System". refs #2345

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>

In [4723af6/trunk](/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/4723af6e2f2df5c85b18ae96d1abb57295d5aae6): ``` LAFS now stands for "Least-Authority File Store" rather than "Least-Authority File System". refs #2345 Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org> ```

Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com> commented

2017-06-06 17:02:54 +00:00

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In 2055a66/trunk:

Doc changes that require more careful review. refs #2345

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>

In [2055a66/trunk](/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/2055a66cf2663dffba751dc58990c248a4675ada): ``` Doc changes that require more careful review. refs #2345 Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org> ```

Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com> commented

2017-06-06 17:02:54 +00:00

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In d3acf82/trunk:

Rename FilesystemOptions to FileStoreOptions. refs #2345

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>

In [d3acf82/trunk](/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/d3acf827767717be2fbc5a2c79e046d64c7825d0): ``` Rename FilesystemOptions to FileStoreOptions. refs #2345 Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org> ```

Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com> commented

2017-06-06 17:02:54 +00:00

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In eb1b51e/trunk:

Clean up some remaining obsolete terminology. refs #2345

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>

In [eb1b51e/trunk](/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/eb1b51e263604d9834d8b0f31dc9fb3242bab5a9): ``` Clean up some remaining obsolete terminology. refs #2345 Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org> ```

Brian Warner <warner@lothar.com> commented

2017-06-06 17:02:54 +00:00

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In 2cad199/trunk:

Merge PR380: LAFS = "Least-Authority File Store"

Closes tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs#380
refs ticket:2345

In [2cad199/trunk](/tahoe-lafs/trac-2024-07-25/commit/2cad19961f35de308680a985e6d35265169e5df0): ``` Merge PR380: LAFS = "Least-Authority File Store" Closes tahoe-lafs/tahoe-lafs#380 refs ticket:2345 ```

warner commented

2017-06-06 17:10:15 +00:00

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PR landed. The goal of this ticket is somewhat larger than a name-change, though.. what can we do to close it? I like having actionable tickets :).