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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/build-osx.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/build-unix.md | 25 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/dependencies.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes-pr10740.md | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.1.md | 145 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/translation_strings_policy.md | 10 |
8 files changed, 155 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/doc/build-freebsd.md b/doc/build-freebsd.md index c2e4e36dff..48746ce0c2 100644 --- a/doc/build-freebsd.md +++ b/doc/build-freebsd.md @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pkg install autoconf automake boost-libs git gmake libevent libtool openssl pkgc For the wallet (optional): ``` ./contrib/install_db4.sh `pwd` -export BDB_PREFIX='$PWD/db4' +export BDB_PREFIX="$PWD/db4" ``` See [dependencies.md](dependencies.md) for a complete overview. diff --git a/doc/build-osx.md b/doc/build-osx.md index abd305cf9a..a07dbd1e1d 100644 --- a/doc/build-osx.md +++ b/doc/build-osx.md @@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ If you want to build the disk image with `make deploy` (.dmg / optional), you ne brew install librsvg -NOTE: Building with Qt4 is still supported, however, could result in a broken UI. Building with Qt5 is recommended. - Berkeley DB ----------- It is recommended to use Berkeley DB 4.8. If you have to build it yourself, diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md index 60d888a297..e884c0ab67 100644 --- a/doc/build-unix.md +++ b/doc/build-unix.md @@ -70,19 +70,7 @@ tuned to conserve memory with additional CXXFLAGS: Build requirements: - sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils python3 - -Options when installing required Boost library files: - -1. On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the -individual boost development packages, so the following can be used to only -install necessary parts of boost: - - sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev - -2. If that doesn't work, you can install all boost development packages with: - - sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev + sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils python3 libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev BerkeleyDB is required for the wallet. @@ -112,18 +100,13 @@ ZMQ dependencies (provides ZMQ API 4.x): #### Dependencies for the GUI If you want to build Bitcoin-Qt, make sure that the required packages for Qt development -are installed. Either Qt 5 or Qt 4 are necessary to build the GUI. -If both Qt 4 and Qt 5 are installed, Qt 5 will be used. Pass `--with-gui=qt4` to configure to choose Qt4. +are installed. Qt 5 is necessary to build the GUI. To build without GUI pass `--without-gui`. -To build with Qt 5 (recommended) you need the following: +To build with Qt 5 you need the following: sudo apt-get install libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler -Alternatively, to build with Qt 4 you need the following: - - sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler - libqrencode (optional) can be installed with: sudo apt-get install libqrencode-dev @@ -144,7 +127,7 @@ Optional: sudo dnf install miniupnpc-devel -To build with Qt 5 (recommended) you need the following: +To build with Qt 5 you need the following: sudo dnf install qt5-qttools-devel qt5-qtbase-devel protobuf-devel diff --git a/doc/dependencies.md b/doc/dependencies.md index 7aa96c4c9b..793c659419 100644 --- a/doc/dependencies.md +++ b/doc/dependencies.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ These are the dependencies currently used by Bitcoin Core. You can find instruct | protobuf | [2.6.3](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases) | | No | | | | Python (tests) | | [3.4](https://www.python.org/downloads) | | | | | qrencode | [3.4.4](https://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode) | | No | | | -| Qt | [5.7.1](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | 4.7+ | No | | | +| Qt | [5.7.1](https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/) | 5.x | 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 | [4.2.3](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases) | | No | | | diff --git a/doc/release-notes-pr10740.md b/doc/release-notes-pr10740.md index c81ea6a4db..a2eb8cd837 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes-pr10740.md +++ b/doc/release-notes-pr10740.md @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ Dynamic loading and creation of wallets --------------------------------------- -Previously, wallets could only be loaded or created at startup, by specifying `-wallet` parameters on the command line or in the bitcoin.conf file. It is now possible to load and create wallets dynamically at runtime: +Previously, wallets could only be loaded or created at startup, by specifying `-wallet` parameters on the command line or in the bitcoin.conf file. It is now possible to load, create and unload wallets dynamically at runtime: - Existing wallets can be loaded by calling the `loadwallet` RPC. The wallet can be specified as file/directory basename (which must be located in the `walletdir` directory), or as an absolute path to a file/directory. - New wallets can be created (and loaded) by calling the `createwallet` RPC. The provided name must not match a wallet file in the `walletdir` directory or the name of a wallet that is currently loaded. +- Loaded wallets can be unloaded by calling the `unloadwallet` RPC. This feature is currently only available through the RPC interface. diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index e1bb84cca9..57f93abe03 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ RPC changes `getmempoolentry` when verbosity is set to `true` with sub-fields `ancestor`, `base`, `modified` and `descendant` denominated in BTC. This new field deprecates previous fee fields, such as `fee`, `modifiedfee`, `ancestorfee` and `descendantfee`. +- The new RPC `getzmqnotifications` returns information about active ZMQ + notifications. External wallet files --------------------- diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.1.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d99361ae1d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.16.1 is now available from: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-0.16.1/> + +This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes +as well as updated translations. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub: + + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> + +To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> + +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). + +The first time you run version 0.15.0 or newer, 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 or higher. Upgrading +directly from 0.7.x and earlier without re-downloading the blockchain is not supported. +However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported. + +Downgrading warning +------------------- + +Wallets created in 0.16 and later are not compatible with versions prior to 0.16 +and will not work if you try to use newly created wallets in older versions. Existing +wallets that were created with older versions are not affected by this. + +Compatibility +============== + +Bitcoin Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using +the Linux kernel, macOS 10.8+, and Windows Vista and later. Windows XP is not supported. + +Bitcoin Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not +frequently tested on them. + +Notable changes +=============== + +Miner block size removed +------------------------ + +The `-blockmaxsize` option for miners to limit their blocks' sizes was +deprecated in version 0.15.1, and has now been removed. Miners should use the +`-blockmaxweight` option if they want to limit the weight of their blocks' +weights. + +0.16.1 change log +------------------ + +### Policy +- #11423 `d353dd1` [Policy] Several transaction standardness rules (jl2012) + +### Mining +- #12756 `e802c22` [config] Remove blockmaxsize option (jnewbery) + +### Block and transaction handling +- #13199 `c71e535` Bugfix: ensure consistency of m_failed_blocks after reconsiderblock (sdaftuar) +- #13023 `bb79aaf` Fix some concurrency issues in ActivateBestChain() (skeees) + +### P2P protocol and network code +- #12626 `f60e84d` Limit the number of IPs addrman learns from each DNS seeder (EthanHeilman) + +### Wallet +- #13265 `5d8de76` Exit SyncMetaData if there are no transactions to sync (laanwj) +- #13030 `5ff571e` Fix zapwallettxes/multiwallet interaction. (jnewbery) + +### GUI +- #12999 `1720eb3` Show the Window when double clicking the taskbar icon (ken2812221) +- #12650 `f118a7a` Fix issue: "default port not shown correctly in settings dialog" (251Labs) +- #13251 `ea487f9` Rephrase Bech32 checkbox texts, and enable it with legacy address default (fanquake) + +### Build system +- #12474 `b0f692f` Allow depends system to support armv7l (hkjn) +- #12585 `72a3290` depends: Switch to downloading expat from GitHub (fanquake) +- #12648 `46ca8f3` test: Update trusted git root (MarcoFalke) +- #11995 `686cb86` depends: Fix Qt build with Xcode 9 (fanquake) +- #12636 `845838c` backport: #11995 Fix Qt build with Xcode 9 (fanquake) +- #12946 `e055bc0` depends: Fix Qt build with XCode 9.3 (fanquake) +- #12998 `7847b92` Default to defining endian-conversion DECLs in compat w/o config (TheBlueMatt) + +### Tests and QA +- #12447 `01f931b` Add missing signal.h header (laanwj) +- #12545 `1286f3e` Use wait_until to ensure ping goes out (Empact) +- #12804 `4bdb0ce` Fix intermittent rpc_net.py failure. (jnewbery) +- #12553 `0e98f96` Prefer wait_until over polling with time.sleep (Empact) +- #12486 `cfebd40` Round target fee to 8 decimals in assert_fee_amount (kallewoof) +- #12843 `df38b13` Test starting bitcoind with -h and -version (jnewbery) +- #12475 `41c29f6` Fix python TypeError in script.py (MarcoFalke) +- #12638 `0a76ed2` Cache only chain and wallet for regtest datadir (MarcoFalke) +- #12902 `7460945` Handle potential cookie race when starting node (sdaftuar) +- #12904 `6c26df0` Ensure bitcoind processes are cleaned up when tests end (sdaftuar) +- #13049 `9ea62a3` Backports (MarcoFalke) +- #13201 `b8aacd6` Handle disconnect_node race (sdaftuar) + +### Miscellaneous +- #12518 `a17fecf` Bump leveldb subtree (MarcoFalke) +- #12442 `f3b8d85` devtools: Exclude patches from lint-whitespace (MarcoFalke) +- #12988 `acdf433` Hold cs_main while calling UpdatedBlockTip() signal (skeees) +- #12985 `0684cf9` Windows: Avoid launching as admin when NSIS installer ends. (JeremyRand) + +### Documentation +- #12637 `60086dd` backport: #12556 fix version typo in getpeerinfo RPC call help (fanquake) +- #13184 `4087dd0` RPC Docs: `gettxout*`: clarify bestblock and unspent counts (harding) +- #13246 `6de7543` Bump to Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 in build-windows.md (ken2812221) +- #12556 `e730b82` Fix version typo in getpeerinfo RPC call help (tamasblummer) + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- 251 +- Ben Woosley +- Chun Kuan Lee +- David A. Harding +- e0 +- fanquake +- Henrik Jonsson +- JeremyRand +- Jesse Cohen +- John Newbery +- Johnson Lau +- Karl-Johan Alm +- Luke Dashjr +- MarcoFalke +- Matt Corallo +- Pieter Wuille +- Suhas Daftuar +- Tamas Blummer +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). diff --git a/doc/translation_strings_policy.md b/doc/translation_strings_policy.md index b95259cdc9..737d11f045 100644 --- a/doc/translation_strings_policy.md +++ b/doc/translation_strings_policy.md @@ -21,21 +21,11 @@ On a high level, these strings are to be translated: - GUI strings, anything that appears in a dialog or window -- Command-line option documentation - ### GUI strings Anything that appears to the user in the GUI is to be translated. This includes labels, menu items, button texts, tooltips and window titles. This includes messages passed to the GUI through the UI interface through `InitMessage`, `ThreadSafeMessageBox` or `ShowProgress`. -### Command-line options - -Documentation for the command line options in the output of `--help` should be translated as well. - -Make sure that default values do not end up in the string, but use string formatting like `strprintf(_("Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: %u)"), 100)`. Putting default values in strings has led to accidental translations in the past, and forces the string to be retranslated every time the value changes. - -Do not translate messages that are only shown to developers, such as those that only appear when `--help-debug` is used. - General recommendations ------------------------ |