TWN 49

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Tahoe-LAFS Weekly News, issue number 49, November 24 2015
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Announcements and News
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Happy Thanksgiving
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We would like to wish all those who celebrate Thanksgiving, a happy one.

Trying to Make Nuts and Bolts Happen
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So despite my promise last week, I was unable to attend Friday's Nuts and
Bolts for a variety of reasons, to include possibly the wrong Hangouts
URI. To
those hoping for notes, I apologize. I am working to ensure the issue doesn't
happen again this week.

Mailing List
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Jeffrey Walton wanted clarification on `Tahoe's position on ASM and
Intrinsics`_.

Freelab initiative has begun `testing magic folder`_.

.. _`Tahoe's position on ASM and Intrinsics`:
  https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2015-November/009628.html
.. _`testing magic folder`:
  https://tahoe-lafs.org/pipermail/tahoe-dev/2015-November/009629.html

Patches Needing Review
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* `#1382`_: Zooko's top priority: ddland the improved servers-of-happiness
* make MDMF the default version of distributed mutable files
* `#573`_: land Lin Shu's work on Server Selection
* `#1819`_: land LeastAuthority's work on Cloud Backendvers-of-happiness

.. _`#1382`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1382
.. _`#573`: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/573
.. _`#1819`:

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