Cleanup v0.9 release notes
This commit is contained in:
Peter Todd
parent
0ad474ee27
commit
31a4b898be
1 changed files with 47 additions and 43 deletions
|
|
@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0rc1 is now available from:
|
|||
|
||||
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.9.0rc1/
|
||||
|
||||
This is a release candidate for a new major version. A major version brings both
|
||||
new features and bug fixes.
|
||||
This is a release candidate for a new major version. A major version brings
|
||||
both new features and bug fixes.
|
||||
|
||||
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
@ -12,33 +12,31 @@ Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
|
|||
How to Upgrade
|
||||
--------------
|
||||
|
||||
If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait
|
||||
until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes for older
|
||||
versions), uninstall all earlier versions of Bitcoin,
|
||||
then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over
|
||||
/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
|
||||
If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
|
||||
shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), uninstall all
|
||||
earlier versions of Bitcoin, then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy
|
||||
over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on Mac) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).
|
||||
|
||||
If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you
|
||||
run 0.9.0 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take
|
||||
anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of
|
||||
your machine.
|
||||
If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you run
|
||||
0.9.0 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take anywhere from
|
||||
30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of your machine.
|
||||
|
||||
On Windows, do not forget to uninstall all earlier versions of the Bitcoin
|
||||
On Windows, do not forget to uninstall all earlier versions of the Bitcoin
|
||||
client first, especially if you are switching to the 64-bit version.
|
||||
|
||||
Windows 64-bit installer
|
||||
-------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
New in 0.9.0 is the Windows 64-bit version of the client.
|
||||
There have been frequent reports of users running out of virtual memory on 32-bit systems
|
||||
during the initial sync. Because of this it is recommended to install the 64-bit version if
|
||||
your system supports it.
|
||||
New in 0.9.0 is the Windows 64-bit version of the client. There have been
|
||||
frequent reports of users running out of virtual memory on 32-bit systems
|
||||
during the initial sync. Because of this it is recommended to install the
|
||||
64-bit version if your system supports it.
|
||||
|
||||
Rebranding to Bitcoin Core
|
||||
---------------------------
|
||||
|
||||
To reduce confusion between Bitcoin-the-network and Bitcoin-the-software we have
|
||||
renamed the reference client to Bitcoin Core.
|
||||
To reduce confusion between Bitcoin-the-network and Bitcoin-the-software we
|
||||
have renamed the reference client to Bitcoin Core.
|
||||
|
||||
Autotools build system
|
||||
-----------------------
|
||||
|
|
@ -55,12 +53,11 @@ Be sure to check doc/build-*.md for your platform before building from source.
|
|||
Bitcoin-cli
|
||||
-------------
|
||||
|
||||
Another change in the 0.9 release is moving away from the
|
||||
bitcoind executable functioning both as a server and as a RPC client. The RPC
|
||||
client functionality (“tell the running bitcoin daemon to do THIS”) was split
|
||||
into a separate executable, 'bitcoin-cli'. The RPC client code will
|
||||
eventually be removed from bitcoind, but will be kept for backwards
|
||||
compatibility for a release or two.
|
||||
Another change in the 0.9 release is moving away from the bitcoind executable
|
||||
functioning both as a server and as a RPC client. The RPC client functionality
|
||||
(“tell the running bitcoin daemon to do THIS”) was split into a separate
|
||||
executable, 'bitcoin-cli'. The RPC client code will eventually be removed from
|
||||
bitcoind, but will be kept for backwards compatibility for a release or two.
|
||||
|
||||
0.9.0rc1 Release notes
|
||||
=======================
|
||||
|
|
@ -69,12 +66,14 @@ RPC:
|
|||
|
||||
- 'listreceivedbyaddress' now provides tx ids
|
||||
- Updated help and tests for 'getreceivedby(account|address)'
|
||||
- In 'getblock', accept 2nd 'verbose' parameter, similar to getrawtransaction, but defaulting to 1 for backward compatibility
|
||||
- In 'getblock', accept 2nd 'verbose' parameter, similar to getrawtransaction,
|
||||
but defaulting to 1 for backward compatibility
|
||||
- Add 'verifychain', to verify chain database at runtime
|
||||
- Add 'dumpwallet' and 'importwallet' RPCs
|
||||
- 'keypoolrefill' gains optional size parameter
|
||||
- Add 'getbestblockhash', to return tip of best chain
|
||||
- Add 'chainwork' (the total work done by all blocks since the genesis block) to 'getblock' output
|
||||
- Add 'chainwork' (the total work done by all blocks since the genesis block)
|
||||
to 'getblock' output
|
||||
- Make RPC password resistant to timing attacks
|
||||
- Clarify help messages and add examples
|
||||
- Add 'getrawchangeaddress' call for raw transaction change destinations
|
||||
|
|
@ -82,7 +81,8 @@ RPC:
|
|||
- Add RPC call 'decodescript' to decode a hex-encoded transaction script
|
||||
- Make 'validateaddress' provide redeemScript
|
||||
- Add 'getnetworkhashps' to get the calculated network hashrate
|
||||
- New RPC 'ping' command to request ping, new 'pingtime' and 'pingwait' fields in 'getpeerinfo' output
|
||||
- New RPC 'ping' command to request ping, new 'pingtime' and 'pingwait' fields
|
||||
in 'getpeerinfo' output
|
||||
- Adding new 'addrlocal' field to 'getpeerinfo' output
|
||||
- Add verbose boolean to 'getrawmempool'
|
||||
- Add rpc command 'getunconfirmedbalance' to obtain total unconfirmed balance
|
||||
|
|
@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ Command-line options:
|
|||
Block-chain handling and storage:
|
||||
|
||||
- Update leveldb to 1.15
|
||||
- Check for correct genesis (prevent cases where accidentally a datadir from the wrong network is loaded)
|
||||
- Check for correct genesis (prevent cases where a datadir from the wrong
|
||||
network is accidentally loaded)
|
||||
- Allow txindex to be removed and add a reindex dialog
|
||||
- Log aborted block database rebuilds
|
||||
- Store orphan blocks in serialized form, to save memory
|
||||
|
|
@ -147,23 +148,24 @@ Validation:
|
|||
|
||||
- Log reason for non-standard transaction rejection
|
||||
- Prune provably-unspendable outputs
|
||||
- Detect any sufficiently long fork and add a warning.
|
||||
- Call the -alertnotify script when we see a long or invalid fork.
|
||||
- Detect any sufficiently long fork and add a warning
|
||||
- Call the -alertnotify script when we see a long or invalid fork
|
||||
- Fix multi-block reorg transaction resurrection
|
||||
- Reject non-canonically-encoded serialization sizes
|
||||
- Only create signatures with even S, and verification mode to check.
|
||||
- Only create signatures with even S, and verification mode to check
|
||||
- Reject dust amounts during validation
|
||||
- Use 'low S' as malleability breaker rather than 'even S'
|
||||
- Skip unspendable outputs in consistency check
|
||||
- Generalize the remove-outputs check for fully-prunable transactions
|
||||
- Accept nLockTime transactions that finalize in the next block"
|
||||
- Accept nLockTime transactions that finalize in the next block
|
||||
|
||||
Build system:
|
||||
|
||||
- Switch to autotools-based build system
|
||||
- Build without wallet by passing `--disable-wallet` to configure, this
|
||||
removes the BerkeleyDB dependency
|
||||
- Upgrade gitian dependencies (libpng, libz, libupnpc, boost, openssl) to more recent versions
|
||||
- Build without wallet by passing `--disable-wallet` to configure, this removes
|
||||
the BerkeleyDB dependency
|
||||
- Upgrade gitian dependencies (libpng, libz, libupnpc, boost, openssl) to more
|
||||
recent versions
|
||||
- Windows 64-bit build support
|
||||
- Solaris compatibility fixes
|
||||
- Check integrity of gitian input source tarballs
|
||||
|
|
@ -183,22 +185,24 @@ GUI:
|
|||
- Add network traffic graph in debug window
|
||||
- Add open URI dialog
|
||||
- Add Coin Control Features
|
||||
- Improve receive coins workflow: make the 'Receive' tab into a form to
|
||||
request payments, and move historical address list functionality to File menu.
|
||||
- Improve receive coins workflow: make the 'Receive' tab into a form to request
|
||||
payments, and move historical address list functionality to File menu.
|
||||
- Rebrand to `Bitcoin Core`
|
||||
- Move initialization/shutdown to a thread. This prevents "Not responding" messages during start.
|
||||
Also show a window during shutdown.
|
||||
- Move initialization/shutdown to a thread. This prevents “Not responding”
|
||||
messages during startup. Also show a window during shutdown.
|
||||
- Don't regenerate autostart link on every client startup
|
||||
- Show and store message of normal bitcoin:URI
|
||||
- Fix richtext detection hang issue on very old Qt versions
|
||||
- osx: make use of the 10.8+ user notification center to display growl like notifications
|
||||
- osx: Added NSHighResolutionCapable flag to Info.plist for better font rendering on Retina displays.
|
||||
- osx: fix bitcoin-qt startup crash when clicking dock icon
|
||||
- osx: Make use of the 10.8+ user notification center to display growl like
|
||||
notifications
|
||||
- osx: Added NSHighResolutionCapable flag to Info.plist for better font
|
||||
rendering on Retina displays.
|
||||
- osx: Fix bitcoin-qt startup crash when clicking dock icon
|
||||
- linux: Fix Gnome bitcoin: URI handler
|
||||
|
||||
Miscellaneous:
|
||||
|
||||
- Add Linux script (contrib/qos/tc.sh) to limit outgoing bandwidth used by Bitcoin
|
||||
- Add Linux script (contrib/qos/tc.sh) to limit outgoing bandwidth
|
||||
- Add '-regtest' mode, similar to testnet but private with instant block
|
||||
generation with 'setgenerate' RPC.
|
||||
- Add 'linearize.py' script to contrib, for creating bootstrap.dat
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
Loading…
Reference in a new issue