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| author | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2019-04-16 08:05:36 -0400 |
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| committer | MarcoFalke <falke.marco@gmail.com> | 2019-04-16 10:40:39 -0400 |
| commit | fa346fe8838a7a714d00552406595adcd4f90015 (patch) | |
| tree | 20902da5a2103f7d993a72fef87c8d8fb1641527 /doc/release-notes.md | |
| parent | 2a854a17816675d258757061a2a7f6ed1de94fc1 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-fa346fe8838a7a714d00552406595adcd4f90015.tar.xz | |
doc: Remove upgrade note in release notes from EOL versions
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index d4acbb9c88..0de0f563b1 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -24,14 +24,9 @@ shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). -The first time you run version 0.15.0, your chainstate database will be converted to a -new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, -depending on the speed of your machine. - -Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no -automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0. Upgrading -directly from 0.7.x and earlier without redownloading the blockchain is not supported. -However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. +Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is +possible, but might take some time if the datadir needs to be migrated. Old +wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported. Downgrading warning ------------------- |