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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2018-04-24 14:27:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2018-04-24 15:21:27 +0200 |
| commit | d1d54ae6a362f0761e0a7c35036b6a28d9fab457 (patch) | |
| tree | 397cd1b1b779e126a53cf009401d375966a4b223 /doc | |
| parent | 018c7e5dadc1c38af9985b54a9729296d050f0e3 (diff) | |
| parent | cead28bbecf032b49c01ca3ae4f47aa2536cbc55 (diff) | |
Merge #12953: Deprecate accounts
cead28b [docs] Add release notes for deprecated 'account' API (John Newbery)
72c9575 [wallet] [tests] Add tests for accounts/labels APIs (John Newbery)
109e05d [wallet] [rpc] Deprecate wallet 'account' API (John Newbery)
3576ab1 [wallet] [rpc] Deprecate account RPC methods (John Newbery)
3db1ba0 [tests] Set -deprecatedrpc=accounts in tests (John Newbery)
4e671f0 [tests] Rename rpc_listtransactions.py to wallet_listtransactions.py (John Newbery)
a28b907 [wallet] [rpc] Remove duplicate entries in rpcwallet.cpp's CRPCCommand table (John Newbery)
Pull request description:
Deprecate all accounts functionality and make it only accessible by using `-deprecatedrpc=accounts`.
Accounts specific RPCs, account arguments, and account related results all require the `-deprecatedrpc=accunts` startup option now in order to see account things.
Several wallet functional tests use the accounts system. Those tests are unchanged, except to start the nodes with `-deprecatedrpc=accounts`. We can slowly migrate those tests to use the 'label' API instead of the 'account' API before accounts are fully removed.
Tree-SHA512: 89f4ae2fe6de4a1422f1817b0997ae22d63ab5a1a558362ce923a3871f3e42963405d6573c69c27f1764679cdee5b51bf52202cc407f1361bfd8066d652f3f37
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes-pr12892.md | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-notes-pr12892.md b/doc/release-notes-pr12892.md index 894bf19dee..8105eca5c0 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes-pr12892.md +++ b/doc/release-notes-pr12892.md @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ -'label' API for wallet ----------------------- +'label' and 'account' APIs for wallet +------------------------------------- A new 'label' API has been introduced for the wallet. This is intended as a -replacement for the deprecated 'account' API. +replacement for the deprecated 'account' API. The 'account' can continue to +be used in V0.17 by starting bitcoind with the '-deprecatedrpc=accounts' +argument, and will be fully removed in V0.18. The label RPC methods mirror the account functionality, with the following functional differences: @@ -27,6 +29,9 @@ Here are the changes to RPC methods: | Changed Method | Notes | | :--------------------- | :------ | -| `addmultisigaddress` | Renamed `account` named parameter to `label`. Still accepts `account` for backward compatibility. | -| `getnewaddress` | Renamed `account` named parameter to `label`. Still accepts `account` for backward compatibility. | -| `listunspent` | Returns new `label` fields, along with `account` fields for backward compatibility. | +| `addmultisigaddress` | Renamed `account` named parameter to `label`. Still accepts `account` for backward compatibility if running with '-deprecatedrpc=accounts'. | +| `getnewaddress` | Renamed `account` named parameter to `label`. Still accepts `account` for backward compatibility. if running with '-deprecatedrpc=accounts' | +| `listunspent` | Returns new `label` fields. `account` field will be returned for backward compatibility if running with '-deprecatedrpc=accounts' | +| `sendmany` | The `account` named parameter has been renamed to `dummy`. If provided, the `dummy` parameter must be set to the empty string, unless running with the `-deprecatedrpc=accounts` argument (in which case functionality is unchanged). | +| `listtransactions` | The `account` named parameter has been renamed to `dummy`. If provided, the `dummy` parameter must be set to the string `*`, unless running with the `-deprecatedrpc=accounts` argument (in which case functionality is unchanged). | +| `getbalance` | `account`, `minconf` and `include_watchonly` parameters are deprecated, and can only be used if running with '-deprecatedrpc=accounts' | |