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author | Micha <michagogo@server.fake> | 2015-01-12 15:18:53 +0200 |
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committer | Micha <michagogo@server.fake> | 2015-01-12 15:38:13 +0200 |
commit | af35bdc6b0d628d36bfb486602c8843ed7d2754a (patch) | |
tree | f83b9e30e24e8708d56d4910f864bfeadc85b3ac /doc/release-notes | |
parent | 12b7c444f0b0bee42e97b62b0b40f11c8d1debe7 (diff) | |
download | bitcoin-af35bdc6b0d628d36bfb486602c8843ed7d2754a.tar.xz |
Update 0.10 release notes as of 0.10.0rc2
Also add 0.9.4's release notes to the archive.
Added commits based on
http://sourceforge.net/p/bitcoin/mailman/message/33225960/
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.4.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.4.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7ee73246a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.4.md @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.9.4 is now available from: + + https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.4/ + +This is a new minor version release, bringing only bug fixes and updated +translations. Upgrading to this release is recommended. + +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). + +OpenSSL Warning +================ + +OpenSSL 1.0.0p / 1.0.1k was recently released and is being pushed out by +various operating system maintainers. Review by Gregory Maxwell determined that +this update is incompatible with the Bitcoin system and could lead to consensus +forks. + +Bitcoin Core released binaries from https://bitcoin.org are unaffected, +as are any built with the gitian deterministic build system. + +However, if you are running either + +- The Ubuntu PPA from https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin +- A third-party or self-compiled Bitcoin Core + +upgrade to Bitcoin Core 0.9.4, which includes a workaround, **before** updating +OpenSSL. + +The incompatibility is due to the OpenSSL update changing the +behavior of ECDSA validation to reject any signature which is +not encoded in a very rigid manner. This was a result of +OpenSSL's change for CVE-2014-8275 "Certificate fingerprints +can be modified". + +We are specifically aware of potential hard-forks due to signature +encoding handling and had been hoping to close them via BIP62 in 0.10. +BIP62's purpose is to improve transaction malleability handling and +as a side effect rigidly defines the encoding for signatures, but the +overall scope of BIP62 has made it take longer than we'd like to +deploy. + +0.9.4 changelog +================ + +Validation: +- `b8e81b7` consensus: guard against openssl's new strict DER checks +- `60c51f1` fail immediately on an empty signature +- `037bfef` Improve robustness of DER recoding code + +Command-line options: +- `cd5164a` Make -proxy set all network types, avoiding a connect leak. + +P2P: +- `bb424e4` Limit the number of new addressses to accumulate + +RPC: +- `0a94661` Disable SSLv3 (in favor of TLS) for the RPC client and server. + +Build system: +- `f047dfa` gitian: openssl-1.0.1i.tar.gz -> openssl-1.0.1k.tar.gz +- `5b9f78d` build: Fix OSX build when using Homebrew and qt5 +- `ffab1dd` Keep symlinks when copying into .app bundle +- `613247f` osx: fix signing to make Gatekeeper happy (again) + +Miscellaneous: +- `25b49b5` Refactor -alertnotify code +- `2743529` doc: Add instructions for consistent Mac OS X build names + +Credits +-------- + +Thanks to who contributed to this release, at least: + +- Cory Fields +- Gavin Andresen +- Gregory Maxwell +- Jeff Garzik +- Luke Dashjr +- Matt Corallo +- Pieter Wuille +- Saivann +- Sergio Demian Lerner +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |