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diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.1.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5e939600a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,143 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.10.1 is now available from: + + <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.10.1/> + +This is a new minor version release, bringing bug fixes and translation +updates. It is recommended to upgrade to this version. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: + + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> + +Upgrading and downgrading +========================= + +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). + +Downgrade warning +------------------ + +Because release 0.10.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and +parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not +backwards-compatible with pre-0.10 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software: + +* Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are +received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or +other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work +anymore as a result of this. + +* The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is +stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support. + +If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data +directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from +bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely +synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not +supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex. + +This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility. + +Notable changes +=============== + +This is a minor release and hence there are no notable changes. +For the notable changes in 0.10, refer to the release notes for the +0.10.0 release at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.10.0/doc/release-notes.md + +0.10.1 Change log +================= + +Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external +behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates. + +RPC: +- `7f502be` fix crash: createmultisig and addmultisigaddress +- `eae305f` Fix missing lock in submitblock + +Block (database) and transaction handling: +- `1d2cdd2` Fix InvalidateBlock to add chainActive.Tip to setBlockIndexCandidates +- `c91c660` fix InvalidateBlock to repopulate setBlockIndexCandidates +- `002c8a2` fix possible block db breakage during re-index +- `a1f425b` Add (optional) consistency check for the block chain data structures +- `1c62e84` Keep mempool consistent during block-reorgs +- `57d1f46` Fix CheckBlockIndex for reindex +- `bac6fca` Set nSequenceId when a block is fully linked + +P2P protocol and network code: +- `78f64ef` don't trickle for whitelisted nodes +- `ca301bf` Reduce fingerprinting through timestamps in 'addr' messages. +- `200f293` Ignore getaddr messages on Outbound connections. +- `d5d8998` Limit message sizes before transfer +- `aeb9279` Better fingerprinting protection for non-main-chain getdatas. +- `cf0218f` Make addrman's bucket placement deterministic (countermeasure 1 against eclipse attacks, see http://cs-people.bu.edu/heilman/eclipse/) +- `0c6f334` Always use a 50% chance to choose between tried and new entries (countermeasure 2 against eclipse attacks) +- `214154e` Do not bias outgoing connections towards fresh addresses (countermeasure 2 against eclipse attacks) +- `aa587d4` Scale up addrman (countermeasure 6 against eclipse attacks) +- `139cd81` Cap nAttempts penalty at 8 and switch to pow instead of a division loop + +Validation: +- `d148f62` Acquire CCheckQueue's lock to avoid race condition + +Build system: +- `8752b5c` 0.10 fix for crashes on OSX 10.6 + +Wallet: +- N/A + +GUI: +- `2c08406` some mac specifiy cleanup (memory handling, unnecessary code) +- `81145a6` fix OSX dock icon window reopening +- `786cf72` fix a issue where "command line options"-action overwrite "Preference"-action (on OSX) + +Tests: +- `1117378` add RPC test for InvalidateBlock + +Miscellaneous: +- `c9e022b` Initialization: set Boost path locale in main thread +- `23126a0` Sanitize command strings before logging them. +- `323de27` Initialization: setup environment before starting QT tests +- `7494e09` Initialization: setup environment before starting tests +- `df45564` Initialization: set fallback locale as environment variable + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- Alex Morcos +- Cory Fields +- dexX7 +- fsb4000 +- Gavin Andresen +- Gregory Maxwell +- Ivan Pustogarov +- Jonas Schnelli +- Matt Corallo +- mrbandrews +- Pieter Wuille +- Ruben de Vries +- Suhas Daftuar +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +And all those who contributed additional code review and/or security research: +- 21E14 +- Alison Kendler +- Aviv Zohar +- Ethan Heilman +- Evil-Knievel +- fanquake +- Jeff Garzik +- Jonas Nick +- Luke Dashjr +- Patrick Strateman +- Philip Kaufmann +- Sergio Demian Lerner +- Sharon Goldberg + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.2.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.2.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..192ed69d29 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.2.md @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.10.2 is now available from: + + <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.10.2/> + +This is a new minor version release, bringing minor bug fixes and translation +updates. It is recommended to upgrade to this version. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: + + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> + +Upgrading and downgrading +========================= + +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). + +Downgrade warning +------------------ + +Because release 0.10.0 and later makes use of headers-first synchronization and +parallel block download (see further), the block files and databases are not +backwards-compatible with pre-0.10 versions of Bitcoin Core or other software: + +* Blocks will be stored on disk out of order (in the order they are +received, really), which makes it incompatible with some tools or +other programs. Reindexing using earlier versions will also not work +anymore as a result of this. + +* The block index database will now hold headers for which no block is +stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support. + +If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data +directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from +bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely +synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not +supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to reindex. + +This does not affect wallet forward or backward compatibility. + +Notable changes +=============== + +This fixes a serious problem on Windows with data directories that have non-ASCII +characters (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/6078). + +For other platforms there are no notable changes. + +For the notable changes in 0.10, refer to the release notes +at https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.10.0/doc/release-notes.md + +0.10.2 Change log +================= + +Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external +behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates. + +Wallet: +- `824c011` fix boost::get usage with boost 1.58 + +Miscellaneous: +- `da65606` Avoid crash on start in TestBlockValidity with gen=1. +- `424ae66` don't imbue boost::filesystem::path with locale "C" on windows (fixes #6078) + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- Cory Fields +- Gregory Maxwell +- Jonas Schnelli +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +And all those who contributed additional code review and/or security research: + +- dexX7 +- Pieter Wuille +- vayvanne + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). 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/). |