Merge pull request #3797 from tgeller/patch-2

Text and language editing of release-notes.md

1 files changed, 78 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index 8bf0b50bc0..efae4ace39 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0rc1 is now available from:
+Bitcoin Core version 0.9.0rc2 is now available from:
 
-  http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.9.0rc1/
+  https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.0/test/
 
 This is a release candidate for a new major version. A major version brings
 both new features and bug fixes.
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ 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
+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
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ 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.
 
+NOTE: Release candidate 2 Windows binaries are not code-signed; use PGP
+and the SHA256SUMS.asc file to make sure your binaries are correct.
+In the final 0.9.0 release, Windows setup.exe binaries will be code-signed.
+
+OSX 10.5 / 32-bit no longer supported
+-------------------------------------
+
+0.9.0 drops support for older Macs. The minimum requirements are now:
+* A 64-bit-capable CPU (see http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3696);
+* Mac OS 10.6 or later (see https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1633).
+
 Rebranding to Bitcoin Core
 ---------------------------
 
@@ -44,8 +55,8 @@ Autotools build system
 For 0.9.0 we switched to an autotools-based build system instead of individual
 (q)makefiles.
 
-Using the standard “./autogen.sh; ./configure; make” to build Bitcoin-Qt and
-bitcoind makes it easier for experienced open source developers to contribute
+Using the standard "./autogen.sh; ./configure; make" to build Bitcoin-Qt and
+bitcoind makes it easier for experienced open source developers to contribute 
 to the project.
 
 Be sure to check doc/build-*.md for your platform before building from source.
@@ -55,7 +66,7 @@ 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
+("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.
 
@@ -80,12 +91,44 @@ the old one:
     > walletpassphrase 10
     walletunlocktime = now + 10 (overriding the old unlock time)
 
-0.9.0rc1 Release notes
+Transaction malleability-related fixes
+--------------------------------------
+
+This release contains a few fixes for transaction ID (TXID) malleability 
+issues:
+
+- -nospendzeroconfchange command-line option, to avoid spending
+  zero-confirmation change
+- IsStandard() transaction rules tightened to prevent relaying and mining of
+  mutated transactions
+- Additional information in listtransactions/gettransaction output to
+  report wallet transactions that conflict with each other because
+  they spend the same outputs.
+- Bug fixes to the getbalance/listaccounts RPC commands, which would report
+  incorrect balances for double-spent (or mutated) transactions.
+- New option: -zapwallettxes to rebuild the wallet's transaction information
+
+Transaction Fees
+----------------
+
+This release drops the default fee required to relay transactions across the
+network to 0.01mBTC per kilobyte. Note that getting a transaction relayed across
+the network does NOT guarantee that the transaction will be accepted by a miner
+and included in a block, and the default fee accepted by miners remains 0.1mBTC
+per kilobyte.
+
+As in previous releases, the relay fee may be changed with the -minrelaytxfee
+command-line option, and miners may change the default minimum fee they accept
+with the -mintxfee command-line option.
+
+0.9.0rc2 Release notes
 =======================
 
 RPC:
 
+- New notion of 'conflicted' transactions, reported as confirmations: -1
 - 'listreceivedbyaddress' now provides tx ids
+- Add raw transaction hex to 'gettransaction' output
 - Updated help and tests for 'getreceivedby(account|address)'
 - In 'getblock', accept 2nd 'verbose' parameter, similar to getrawtransaction,
   but defaulting to 1 for backward compatibility
@@ -112,6 +155,8 @@ RPC:
 
 Command-line options:
 
+- New option: -nospendzeroconfchange to never spend unconfirmed change outputs
+- New option: -zapwallettxes to rebuild the wallet's transaction information
 - Rename option '-tor' to '-onion' to better reflect what it does
 - Add '-disablewallet' mode to let bitcoind run entirely without wallet (when
   built with wallet)
@@ -135,6 +180,8 @@ Block-chain handling and storage:
 
 Wallet:
 
+- Bug fixes and new regression tests to correctly compute
+  the balance of wallets containing double-spent (or mutated) transactions
 - Store key creation time. Calculate whole-wallet birthday.
 - Optimize rescan to skip blocks prior to birthday
 - Let user select wallet file with -wallet=foo.dat
@@ -152,8 +199,10 @@ Mining:
 
 Protocol and network:
 
+- Drop the fee required to relay a transaction to 0.01mBTC per kilobyte
 - Send tx relay flag with version
-- New 'reject' P2P message (BIP 0061, see https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7079034 for draft)
+- New 'reject' P2P message (BIP 0061, see
+  https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7079034 for draft)
 - Dump addresses every 15 minutes instead of 10 seconds
 - Relay OP_RETURN data TxOut as standard transaction type
 - Remove CENT-output free transaction rule when relaying
@@ -181,8 +230,8 @@ Validation:
 Build system:
 
 - Switch to autotools-based build system
-- Build without wallet by passing `--disable-wallet` to configure, this removes
-  the BerkeleyDB dependency
+- 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
@@ -207,17 +256,17 @@ GUI:
 - 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”
+- 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
-- linux: Fix Gnome bitcoin: URI handler
+- OS X: Make use of the 10.8+ user notification center to display Growl-like 
+  notifications
+- OS X: Added NSHighResolutionCapable flag to Info.plist for better font
+  rendering on Retina displays.
+- OS X: Fix bitcoin-qt startup crash when clicking dock icon
+- Linux: Fix Gnome bitcoin: URI handler
 
 Miscellaneous:
 
@@ -233,8 +282,11 @@ Credits
 Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
 
 - Andrey
+- Ashley Holman
+- b6393ce9-d324-4fe1-996b-acf82dbc3d53
 - bitsofproof
 - Brandon Dahler
+- Calvin Tam
 - Christian Decker
 - Christopher Latham
 - Chuck
@@ -245,16 +297,21 @@ Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
 - Daniel Larimer
 - David Hill
 - Dmitry Smirnov
+- Drak
 - Eric Lombrozo
 - fanquake
 - fcicq
 - Florin
+- frewil
 - Gavin Andresen
 - Gregory Maxwell
+- gubatron
 - Guillermo Céspedes Tabárez
+- Haakon Nilsen
 - HaltingState
 - Han Lin Yap
 - harry
+- Ian Kelling
 - Jeff Garzik
 - Johnathan Corgan
 - Jonas Schnelli
@@ -269,8 +326,10 @@ Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
 - Michael Bauer
 - Michael Ford
 - Michagogo
+- Midnight Magic
 - Mike Hearn
 - Nils Schneider
+- Noel Tiernan
 - Olivier Langlois
 - patrick s
 - Patrick Strateman
@@ -291,6 +350,7 @@ Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
 - Shawn Wilkinson
 - Sined
 - sje
+- Subo1978
 - super3
 - Tamas Blummer
 - theuni
@@ -301,4 +361,5 @@ Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release:
 - vhf / victor felder
 - Vinnie Falco
 - Warren Togami
+- Wil Bown
 - Wladimir J. van der Laan