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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/build-osx.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dependencies.md | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 24 |
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md index 6f08562ff8..6663016ed8 100644 --- a/doc/build-osx.md +++ b/doc/build-osx.md @@ -110,6 +110,6 @@ Uncheck everything except Qt Creator during the installation process. Notes ----- -* Tested on OS X 10.8 through 10.12 on 64-bit Intel processors only. +* Tested on OS X 10.8 through 10.13 on 64-bit Intel processors only. * Building with downloaded Qt binaries is not officially supported. See the notes in [#7714](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7714) diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md index 964c03ba88..5c5645de97 100644 --- a/doc/dependencies.md +++ b/doc/dependencies.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct | Expat | [2.2.1](https://libexpat.github.io/) | | No | Yes | | | fontconfig | [2.12.1](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/) | | No | Yes | | | FreeType | [2.7.1](http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype) | | No | | | -| GCC | | [4.7+](https://gcc.gnu.org/) | | | | +| GCC | | [4.8+](https://gcc.gnu.org/) | | | | | HarfBuzz-NG | | | | | | | libevent | [2.1.8-stable](https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases) | 2.0.22 | No | | | | libjpeg | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L75) | @@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct | Qt | [5.7.1](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | 4.7+ | No | | | | XCB | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L94) (Linux only) | | xkbcommon | | | | | [Yes](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/depends/packages/qt.mk#L93) (Linux only) | -| ZeroMQ | [4.1.5](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | | No | | | +| ZeroMQ | [4.2.2](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | | No | | | | zlib | [1.2.11](http://zlib.net/) | | | | No | diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 6e4fed0a2d..43009b0813 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ 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 +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). @@ -56,12 +56,31 @@ frequently tested on them. Notable changes =============== +GCC 4.8.x +-------------- +The minimum version of GCC required to compile Bitcoin Core is now 4.8. No effort will be +made to support older versions of GCC. See discussion in issue #11732 for more information. + HD-wallets by default --------------------- Due to a backward-incompatible change in the wallet database, wallets created with version 0.16.0 will be rejected by previous versions. Also, version 0.16.0 will only create hierarchical deterministic (HD) wallets. +Custom wallet directories +--------------------- +The ability to specify a directory other than the default data directory in which to store +wallets has been added. An existing directory can be specified using the `-walletdir=<dir>` +argument. Wallets loaded via `-wallet` arguments must be in this wallet directory. Care should be taken +when choosing a wallet directory location, as if it becomes unavailable during operation, +funds may be lost. + +Default wallet directory change +-------------------------- +On new installations (if the data directory doesn't exist), wallets will now be stored in a +new `wallets/` subdirectory inside the data directory. If this `wallets/` subdirectory +doesn't exist (i.e. on existing nodes), the current datadir root is used instead, as it was. + Low-level RPC changes ---------------------- - The deprecated RPC `getinfo` was removed. It is recommended that the more specific RPCs are used: @@ -71,6 +90,9 @@ Low-level RPC changes * `getmininginfo` - The wallet RPC `getreceivedbyaddress` will return an error if called with an address not in the wallet. +Changed command-line options +----------------------------- +- `-debuglogfile=<file>` can be used to specify an alternative debug logging file. Credits ======= |