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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index ef072afd4d..49cbdb55d0 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -Bitcoin Core version 0.14.1 is now available from: +Bitcoin Core version 0.14.x is now available from: - <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.14.1/> + <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.14.x/> This is a new minor version release, including various bugfixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations. @@ -30,54 +30,11 @@ frequently tested on them. Notable changes =============== -RPC changes ------------ +Example item +------------ -- The first positional argument of `createrawtransaction` was renamed from - `transactions` to `inputs`. -- The argument of `disconnectnode` was renamed from `node` to `address`. - -These interface changes break compatibility with 0.14.0, when the named -arguments functionality, introduced in 0.14.0, is used. Client software -using these calls with named arguments needs to be updated. - -Mining ------- - -In previous versions, getblocktemplate required segwit support from downstream -clients/miners once the feature activated on the network. In this version, it -now supports non-segwit clients even after activation, by removing all segwit -transactions from the returned block template. This allows non-segwit miners to -continue functioning correctly even after segwit has activated. - -Due to the limitations in previous versions, getblocktemplate also recommended -non-segwit clients to not signal for the segwit version-bit. Since this is no -longer an issue, getblocktemplate now always recommends signalling segwit for -all miners. This is safe because ability to enforce the rule is the only -required criteria for safe activation, not actually producing segwit-enabled -blocks. - -UTXO memory accounting ----------------------- - -Memory usage for the UTXO cache is being calculated more accurately, so that -the configured limit (`-dbcache`) will be respected when memory usage peaks -during cache flushes. The memory accounting in prior releases is estimated to -only account for half the actual peak utilization. - -The default `-dbcache` has also been changed in this release to 450MiB. Users -who currently set `-dbcache` to a high value (e.g. to keep the UTXO more fully -cached in memory) should consider increasing this setting in order to achieve -the same cache performance as prior releases. Users on low-memory systems -(such as systems with 1GB or less) should consider specifying a lower value for -this parameter. - -Additional information relating to running on low-memory systems can be found -here: -[reducing-bitcoind-memory-usage.md](https://gist.github.com/laanwj/efe29c7661ce9b6620a7). - -0.14.1 Change log +0.14.x Change log ================= Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect @@ -85,59 +42,12 @@ behavior, not code moves, refactors and string updates. For convenience in locat the code changes and accompanying discussion, both the pull request and git merge commit are mentioned. -### RPC and other APIs -- #10084 `142fbb2` Rename first named arg of createrawtransaction (MarcoFalke) -- #10139 `f15268d` Remove auth cookie on shutdown (practicalswift) -- #10146 `2fea10a` Better error handling for submitblock (rawodb, gmaxwell) -- #10144 `d947afc` Prioritisetransaction wasn't always updating ancestor fee (sdaftuar) -- #10204 `3c79602` Rename disconnectnode argument (jnewbery) - -### Block and transaction handling -- #10126 `0b5e162` Compensate for memory peak at flush time (sipa) -- #9912 `fc3d7db` Optimize GetWitnessHash() for non-segwit transactions (sdaftuar) -- #10133 `ab864d3` Clean up calculations of pcoinsTip memory usage (morcos) - -### P2P protocol and network code -- #9953/#10013 `d2548a4` Fix shutdown hang with >= 8 -addnodes set (TheBlueMatt) -- #10176 `30fa231` net: gracefully handle NodeId wrapping (theuni) - -### Build system -- #9973 `e9611d1` depends: fix zlib build on osx (theuni) - -### GUI -- #10060 `ddc2dd1` Ensure an item exists on the rpcconsole stack before adding (achow101) - -### Mining -- #9955/#10006 `569596c` Don't require segwit in getblocktemplate for segwit signalling or mining (sdaftuar) -- #9959/#10127 `b5c3440` Prevent slowdown in CreateNewBlock on large mempools (sdaftuar) - -### Tests and QA -- #10157 `55f641c` Fix the `mempool_packages.py` test (sdaftuar) - -### Miscellaneous -- #10037 `4d8e660` Trivial: Fix typo in help getrawtransaction RPC (keystrike) -- #10120 `e4c9a90` util: Work around (virtual) memory exhaustion on 32-bit w/ glibc (laanwj) -- #10130 `ecc5232` bitcoin-tx input verification (awemany, jnewbery) Credits ======= Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: -- Alex Morcos -- Andrew Chow -- Awemany -- Cory Fields -- Gregory Maxwell -- James Evans -- John Newbery -- MarcoFalke -- Matt Corallo -- Pieter Wuille -- practicalswift -- rawodb -- Suhas Daftuar -- Wladimir J. van der Laan As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). |