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diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md index 804f796abe..cb79b30cdf 100644 --- a/doc/dependencies.md +++ b/doc/dependencies.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ You can find installation instructions in the `build-*.md` file for your platfor | [Fontconfig](../depends/packages/fontconfig.mk) | [link](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/) | [2.12.6](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/23495) | 2.6 | Yes | | [FreeType](../depends/packages/freetype.mk) | [link](https://freetype.org) | [2.11.0](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/01544dd78ccc0b0474571da854e27adef97137fb) | 2.3.0 | Yes | | [qrencode](../depends/packages/qrencode.mk) | [link](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/) | [4.1.1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27312) | | No | -| [Qt](../depends/packages/qt.mk) | [link](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | [5.15.5](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/25719) | [5.11.3](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24132) | No | +| [Qt](../depends/packages/qt.mk) | [link](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | [5.15.10](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/28561) | [5.11.3](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24132) | No | ### Networking | Dependency | Releases | Version used | Minimum required | Runtime | diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index bdef57243b..468efeb7e1 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ Release Process - On mainnet, the selected value must not be orphaned, so it may be useful to set the height two blocks back from the tip. - Testnet should be set with a height some tens of thousands back from the tip, due to reorgs there. - `nMinimumChainWork` with the "chainwork" value of RPC `getblockheader` using the same height as that selected for the previous step. +* Consider updating the headers synchronization tuning parameters to account for the chainparams updates. + The optimal values change very slowly, so this isn't strictly necessary every release, but doing so doesn't hurt. + - Update configuration variables in [`contrib/devtools/headerssync-params.py`](contrib/devtools/headerssync-params.py): + - Set `TIME` to the software's expected supported lifetime -- after this time, its ability to defend against a high bandwidth timewarp attacker will begin to degrade. + - Set `MINCHAINWORK_HEADERS` to the height used for the `nMinimumChainWork` calculation above. + - Check that the other variables still look reasonable. + - Run the script. It works fine in CPython, but PyPy is much faster (seconds instead of minutes): `pypy3 contrib/devtools/headerssync-params.py`. + - Paste the output defining `HEADER_COMMITMENT_PERIOD` and `REDOWNLOAD_BUFFER_SIZE` into the top of [`src/headerssync.cpp`](/src/headerssync.cpp). - Clear the release notes and move them to the wiki (see "Write the release notes" below). - Translations on Transifex: - Pull translations from Transifex into the master branch. |