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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-01-30 12:31:17 +0100 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2014-01-30 12:33:03 +0100 |
| commit | 69baec96473ca2dc28ac016093770a46650a4ac9 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b716698fcd53c17a9e19639ab73310a7260cff7 /doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.1.md | |
| parent | 2df5e3427c127f69a958be4201ce543aaaf8bcc3 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-69baec96473ca2dc28ac016093770a46650a4ac9.tar.xz | |
doc: Add historical release notes
Add all known release notes for versions since 0.3.12,
thanks to Matt Corallo for collecting them on the wiki.
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.1.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4fd546bee0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Bitcoin-Qt/bitcoind version 0.8.1 is now available from: + http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.1/ + +This is a maintenance release that adds a new network rule to avoid +a chain-forking incompatibility with versions 0.7.2 and earlier. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: + https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues + + +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), 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 0.8.1 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take +anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of +your machine. |