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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 6cd5b0583f..bd1ad8faed 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ 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 -0.10.0 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take anywhere from -30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of your machine. - Downgrading warning --------------------- @@ -382,6 +378,7 @@ Block and transaction handling: - `723d12c` Remove txn which are invalidated by coinbase maturity during reorg - `0cb8763` Check against MANDATORY flags prior to accepting to mempool - `8446262` Reject headers that build on an invalid parent +- `008138c` Bugfix: only track UTXO modification after lookup P2P protocol and network code: - `f80cffa` Do not trigger a DoS ban if SCRIPT_VERIFY_NULLDUMMY fails @@ -409,6 +406,10 @@ P2P protocol and network code: - `845c86d` Do not use third party services for IP detection - `12a49ca` Limit the number of new addressses to accumulate - `35e408f` Regard connection failures as attempt for addrman +- `a3a7317` Introduce 10 minute block download timeout +- `3022e7d` Require sufficent priority for relay of free transactions +- `58fda4d` Update seed IPs, based on bitcoin.sipa.be crawler data +- `18021d0` Remove bitnodes.io from dnsseeds. Validation: - `6fd7ef2` Also switch the (unused) verification code to low-s instead of even-s @@ -423,6 +424,9 @@ Validation: - `0391423` Discourage NOPs reserved for soft-fork upgrades - `98b135f` Make STRICTENC invalid pubkeys fail the script rather than the opcode - `307f7d4` Report script evaluation failures in log and reject messages +- `ace39db` consensus: guard against openssl's new strict DER checks +- `12b7c44` Improve robustness of DER recoding code +- `76ce5c8` fail immediately on an empty signature Build system: - `f25e3ad` Fix build in OS X 10.9 @@ -439,6 +443,8 @@ Build system: - `d5fd094` build: fix qt test build when libprotobuf is in a non-standard path - `2cf5f16` Add libbitcoinconsensus library - `914868a` build: add a deterministic dmg signer +- `2d375fe` depends: bump openssl to 1.0.1k +- `b7a4ecc` Build: Only check for boost when building code that requires it Wallet: - `b33d1f5` Use fee/priority estimates in wallet CreateTransaction @@ -494,6 +500,9 @@ GUI: - `e7876b2` [Wallet] Prevent user from paying a non-sense fee - `c1c9d5b` Add Smartfee to GUI - `e0a25c5` Make askpassphrase dialog behave more sanely +- `94b362d` On close of splashscreen interrupt verifyDB +- `b790d13` English translation update +- `8543b0d` Correct tooltip on address book page Tests: - `b41e594` Fix script test handling of empty scripts @@ -552,6 +561,8 @@ Tests: - `34318d7` RPC-test based on invalidateblock for mempool coinbase spends - `76ec867` Use actually valid transactions for script tests - `c8589bf` Add actual signature tests +- `e2677d7` Fix smartfees test for change to relay policy +- `263b65e` tests: run sanity checks in tests too Miscellaneous: - `122549f` Fix incorrect checkpoint data for testnet3 @@ -580,6 +591,9 @@ Miscellaneous: - `7ab4358` Update bash-completion for v0.10 - `6e6a36c` contrib: show pull # in prompt for github-merge script - `5b9f842` Upgrade leveldb to 1.18, make chainstate databases compatible between ARM and x86 (issue #2293) +- `4e7c219` Catch UTXO set read errors and shutdown +- `867c600` Catch LevelDB errors during flush +- `06ca065` Fix CScriptID(const CScript& in) in empty script case Credits ======= 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/). |