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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+Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.5 is now available from:
+  http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.5/
+
+This is a maintenance release to fix a critical bug;
+we urge all users to upgrade.
+
+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 0.8.5 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take
+anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of
+your machine.
+
+0.8.5 Release notes
+===================
+
+Bugs fixed
+----------
+
+Transactions with version numbers larger than 0x7fffffff were
+incorrectly being relayed and included in blocks.
+
+Blocks containing transactions with version numbers larger
+than 0x7fffffff caused the code that checks for LevelDB database
+inconsistencies at startup to erroneously report database
+corruption and suggest that you reindex your database.
+
+This release also contains a non-critical fix to the code that
+enforces BIP 34 (block height in the coinbase transaction).
+
+--
+
+Thanks to Gregory Maxwell and Pieter Wuille for quickly
+identifying and fixing the transaction version number bug.