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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index ebcdcda306..0de0f563b1 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -24,14 +24,9 @@ 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). -The first time you run version 0.15.0, your chainstate database will be converted to a -new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, -depending on the speed of your machine. - -Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no -automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0. Upgrading -directly from 0.7.x and earlier without redownloading the blockchain is not supported. -However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. +Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is +possible, but might take some time if the datadir needs to be migrated. Old +wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported. Downgrading warning ------------------- @@ -66,16 +61,33 @@ platform. Notable changes =============== -Example item +Updated RPCs ------------ +Note: some low-level RPC changes mainly useful for testing are described in the +Low-level Changes section below. + +* The `sendmany` RPC had an argument `minconf` that was not well specified and + would lead to RPC errors even when the wallet's coin selection would succeed. + The `sendtoaddress` RPC never had this check, so to normalize the behavior, + `minconf` is now ignored in `sendmany`. If the coin selection does not + succeed due to missing coins, it will still throw an RPC error. Be reminded + that coin selection is influenced by the `-spendzeroconfchange`, + `-limitancestorcount`, `-limitdescendantcount` and `-walletrejectlongchains` + command line arguments. + Low-level changes ================= -Example item +Configuration ------------ +* An error is issued where previously a warning was issued when a setting in + the config file was specified in the default section, but not overridden for + the selected network. This change takes only effect if the selected network + is not mainnet. + Credits ======= |