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2018-07-29doc: Add historical release notes for 0.16.2Wladimir J. van der Laan
Tree-SHA512: 39601090cbfbc51b00426696c118758953d3eb5e0323e9105a5aabb63ab22eb1b3edbabb541bb7a24869c53624dee3c220fd2c1f3fbe627f8d9d168a23064393
2018-07-25Merge #13706: doc: Minor improvements to release-process.mdMarcoFalke
95464c7519 doc: Improve command to generate list of authors for release notes (Mitchell Cash) 1c22cc1af1 doc: Update broken links to now point to gitian-build.py (Mitchell Cash) Pull request description: - Update broken links - Improve command to generate list of authors for a release --- I also note that it asks to ping **wumpus** on IRC, to assist in generating a list of merged pulls and sort them into categories based on labels. I tried to turn this into a simple one-liner as well (something like ``git log --merges --format="- \`%h\` %s (%an)" v0.16.0..v0.16.1``), but it didn't seem to capture everything I needed. Would it be worthwhile **wumpus** open-sourcing his code into `contrib/devtools` so there is no single point of failure (even if it can manually be worked around). Tree-SHA512: 8e7f0880ff07ce8fe67b74de3f2c4b78dafe2c95eefb0617fa319ff196232967cb22ee75a183a39f93bfc6e0bf85547689160139312cee5956af2c069b8a3b6a
2018-07-25doc: mention that macOS 10.10 is now requiredfanquake
2018-07-24doc: Add release notes for -avoidpartialspendsKarl-Johan Alm
2018-07-20Merge #13482: Remove boost::program_options dependencyWladimir J. van der Laan
f447a0a7079619f0d650084df192781cca9fd826 Remove program options from build system (Chun Kuan Lee) 11588c639e8912f1b28e981c1a2a0e4306dbd093 Replace boost program_options (Chun Kuan Lee) Pull request description: Concept from #12744, but without parsing negated options. Tree-SHA512: 7f418744bb8934e313d77a5f162633746ef5d043de802b9c9cd9f7c1842e7e566eb5f171cd9e2cc13317281b2449c6fbd553fa4f09b837e6af2f5d2b2aabdca2
2018-07-19doc: Improve command to generate list of authors for release notesMitchell Cash
- Remove dependency on sed (sed was overkill when you can just add plain text to the git log --format command) - Sort resulting list of authors alphabetically (case-insensitive) - Provide an example of how to only generate authors between versions
2018-07-19doc: Update broken links to now point to gitian-build.pyMitchell Cash
2018-07-18Merge #13625: doc: Add release notes for -printtoconsole and -debuglogfile ↵Wladimir J. van der Laan
changes 801cb307b5cc89d09c5aafd0a3c7874848c6a75d doc: Add release notes for -printtoconsole and -debuglogfile changes (Samuel B. Atwood) Pull request description: This adds release notes relevant to the changes in #13004 and documented in command line help in #13614. Tree-SHA512: ff320415afa9be1ace37ebf0a69ee5a7e6d4167465bc41111be062a556da9b8accfc39553fac610e68521c7ab2095126ace4f012a32f5e9f37cbec39cfa74b04
2018-07-18Remove program options from build systemChun Kuan Lee
2018-07-17contrib: Clone core repo in gitian-buildMarcoFalke
2018-07-11doc: Add release notes for -printtoconsole and -debuglogfile changesSamuel B. Atwood
This adds release notes relevant to the changes in #13004 and documented in command line help in #13614
2018-07-09Merge #13570: RPC: Add new "getzmqnotifications" methodWladimir J. van der Laan
161e8d40a4e4c0e701b6c8142b8dcacf2190545e RPC: Add new getzmqnotifications method. (Daniel Kraft) caac39b0ace38aa088d88c1a5a9a9dbb4d2e893f Make ZMQ notification interface instance global. (Daniel Kraft) Pull request description: This adds a new RPC method `getzmqnotifications`, which returns information about all active ZMQ notification endpoints. This is useful for software that layers on top of bitcoind, so it can verify that ZeroMQ is enabled and also figure out where it should listen. See #13526. Tree-SHA512: edce722925741c84ddbf7b3a879fc9db1907e5269d0d97138fe724035d93ee541c2118c24fa92f4197403f380d0e25c2fda5ca6c62d526792ea749cf527a99a0
2018-07-05RPC: Add new getzmqnotifications method.Daniel Kraft
This adds a new RPC method "getzmqnotifications", which returns information about all active ZMQ notification endpoints. This is useful for software that layers on top of bitcoind, so it can verify that ZeroMQ is enabled and also figure out where it should listen. See https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/13526.
2018-07-04Docs: Modify policy to not translate command-line helpChun Kuan Lee
2018-06-24Merge #13458: gui: Drop qt4 supportWladimir J. van der Laan
af6ac3b677454644364fd24d0df0c02ac9b8c8db doc: Remove mention of Qt4 from build docs (Wladimir J. van der Laan) 462c71f71b5d753bc8327ab833dea23679450ca3 test: Update travis to not test Qt4 anymore (Wladimir J. van der Laan) 907f73bbc5b6c98b01d7c6088a294dea66634a3f gui: Remove QT_VERSION fallbacks for Qt < 5 (Wladimir J. van der Laan) bad068ad9f4bc60bfc10e27d4ffaec92d7df8491 build: Build system changes to support only Qt5 (Wladimir J. van der Laan) Pull request description: Implements #8263. Qt4.x has been EOL since 2015, and at least Gentoo has, or is going to drop support for it. I wouldn't be surprised if other Linux distributions follow. This removes Qt4 detection from the build system, as well as removes all Qt4 fallbacks from the code. Turns out there's more than I expected: this is going to make maintenance of the GUI code, as well as adding new features significantly easier. (I know there's still some references left to qt4 in RPM and Debian build script, but I don't have the knowledge how to fix them) Tree-SHA512: d495924fd4dda6f6566ba44ee96be7cbe62e69ba1ca993b80a8449f78da852b7f1bd3e8200d57cfa1d72233c340eeff4596fb0032ecbddc715d99aea63817d3f
2018-06-21Merge #13111: Add unloadwallet RPCJonas Schnelli
fe65bdec2 bugfix: Delete walletView in WalletFrame::removeWallet (João Barbosa) 0b82bac76 bugfix: Remove dangling wallet env instance (João Barbosa) 0ee77b207 ui: Support wallets unloaded dynamically (João Barbosa) 9f9b50d5f doc: Add release notes for unloadwallet RPC (João Barbosa) ccbf7ae74 test: Wallet methods are disabled when no wallet is loaded (João Barbosa) 4940a20a4 test: Add functional tests for unloadwallet RPC (João Barbosa) 6608c369b rpc: Add unloadwallet RPC (João Barbosa) 537efe19e rpc: Extract GetWalletNameFromJSONRPCRequest from GetWalletForJSONRPCRequest (João Barbosa) Pull request description: This patch adds wallet unload feature via RPC. It also adds UI support for unloaded wallets. Tree-SHA512: 7c7f9f32f7a2266d2df574aa6b95f993c3dc82736f93304562122beb8756fb28cd22d03866b48f493c747441f22d30e196b098dec435cc25e035633f090351ea
2018-06-18doc: Add release notes for unloadwallet RPCJoão Barbosa
2018-06-18doc: Remove mention of Qt4 from build docsWladimir J. van der Laan
2018-06-15doc: Add historical release notes for 0.16.1Wladimir J. van der Laan
Tree-SHA512: cca8188f954eeded58f705749b2ae51b08aadf4feddafaaafc57df2f84c10a3340a373c1602e9aa290c54b67cdcce53f61f4ca2db87bd98de5449afc53e25f86
2018-06-15Merge #13476: Fix incorrect shell quoting in FreeBSD build instructions.MarcoFalke
c9924a2756 Fix incorrect shell quoting in FreeBSD build instructions. (murrayn) Pull request description: The current instructions suggest: BDB_PREFIX='$PWD/db4' which results in BDB_PREFIX being set, literally, to '$PWD/db4'. Tree-SHA512: 4a920d7a506ff94fb12793f0b8161fdfe0798382cfa88290a0eadd6926843b577328f7159a55039e2655def7ddf2e7a1eaa3dd30490292d4a920c98759becf56
2018-06-15Fix incorrect shell quoting in FreeBSD build instructions.murrayn
2018-06-13doc: Remove note to install all boost dev packagesMarcoFalke
2018-06-12Merge #13312: docs: Add a note about the source code filename naming conventionMarcoFalke
e56771365b Do not use uppercase characters in source code filenames (practicalswift) 419a1983ca docs: Add a note about the source code filename naming convention (practicalswift) Pull request description: Add a note about the source code filename naming convention. Tree-SHA512: 8d329bd9e19bcd26e74b0862fb0bc2369b46095dbd3e69d34859908632763abd7c3d00ccc44ee059772ad4bae4460c2bcc1c0e22fd9d8876d57e5fcd346cea4b
2018-06-11Merge #13230: Simplify include analysis by enforcing the developer guide's ↵Wladimir J. van der Laan
include syntax 16e3cd380af570fb2f656e0344bab88829a4bcda Clarify include recommendation (practicalswift) 6d10f43738d58bf623975e3124fd5735aac7d3e1 Enforce the use of bracket syntax includes ("#include <foo.h>") (practicalswift) 906bee8e5f474f8718d02e6f1938f20dcfe3d2cc Use bracket syntax includes ("#include <foo.h>") (practicalswift) Pull request description: When analysing includes in the project it is often assumed that the preferred bracket include syntax (`#include <foo.h>`) mentioned in `developer-docs.md` is used consistently. @sipa:s excellent circular dependencies script [`circular-dependencies.py`](https://github.com/sipa/bitcoin/blob/50c69b78011c1bc55885ebfd216db60ed490ebea/contrib/devtools/circular-dependencies.py) (#13228) is an example of a script making this reasonable assumption. This PR enables automatic Travis checking of the include syntax making sure that the bracket syntax includes (`#include <foo.h>`) is used consistently. Tree-SHA512: a414921aabe8e487ebed42f3f1cbd02fecd1add385065c1f2244cd602c31889e61fea5a801507ec501ef9bd309b05d3c999f915cec1c2b44f085bb0d2835c182
2018-06-11Merge #13060: [wallet] [rpc] Remove getlabeladdress RPCWladimir J. van der Laan
67e0e04140b3dfac12d628cee391d40b5fac5cfa [wallet] [docs] Update release notes for removing `getlabeladdress` (John Newbery) 81608178cff793ee205a4f70481c76d34c5448a4 [wallet] [rpc] Remove getlabeladdress RPC (John Newbery) Pull request description: labels are associated with addresses (rather than addresses being associated with labels, as was the case with accounts). The getlabeladdress does not make sense in this model, so remove it. getaccountaddress is still supported for one release as the accounts API is deprecated. Tree-SHA512: 7f45d0456248ebcc4e54dd34e2578a09a8ea8e4fceda75238ccea9d731dc99a3f3c0519b18a9739de17d2e6e59c9c2259ba67c9ae2e3cb2a40ddb14b9193fe29
2018-06-11Merge #13043: [qt] OptionsDialog: add prune settingWladimir J. van der Laan
cbede7dbfde83d53ef38d257e9940af5f163b03c [qt] OptionsDialog: add prune setting (Sjors Provoost) Pull request description: The default suggested value is 2 GB. Minimum is 1 GB (550 MB rounded up). When the user toggles this setting, a strong warning appears that undoing requires re-downloading the chain: <img width="478" alt="schermafbeelding 2018-05-15 om 12 35 24" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/40051858-7939cc20-583c-11e8-9120-327a75376732.png"> Tooltip points out that actual disk usage can be higher. It's a bit vague on the "advanced features", because I'm assuming anyone who needs to use `-rescan` and `-txindex` will read the documentation, and a more detailed text would needlessly confuse everyone else. <img width="450" alt="schermafbeelding 2018-05-15 om 12 33 51" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/40051791-49d6156a-583c-11e8-97b9-7de6dfd8c481.png"> The UI uses gigabytes for readability and easy of use. There is also no manual pruning UI (`prune=1`). The user will have to use `bitcoin.conf` for those things. Fixes #6461. When combined with #13029 the user, after pruning their node, can safely reset settings and/or use bitcoind without having to edit `bitcoin.conf`. However I don't think that's an essential prerequisite. Tree-SHA512: e17aff276d7235fbd40796adb6431d430620788a753ee13bc064abd35d2edc4280a3d3cddc18e42b4e00edff13ed18fd4f2a966c6f0b43b689afd13673e0c4bf
2018-06-07Merge #13369: [docs] update transifex doc linkWladimir J. van der Laan
2b30ccc30ab688835e4bcfbd91a4e93197fd38ba [docs] update transifex doc link (Cristian Mircea Messel) Pull request description: The old link is no longer working. #13364 Tree-SHA512: 5729b9eabbdf8e05cb60be1bedc7e21a2052bb2921dca8322d8348c3ea0f7ee33f2e2e32a19f21bbe2b93b48ed221cfcb020592d0e6b118b77ca34e14bb30b89
2018-06-06Clarify include recommendationpracticalswift
2018-06-06docs: Mention lint-locale-dependence.sh in developer-notes.mdpracticalswift
2018-06-04Rename “OS X” to the newer “macOS” conventionGiulio Lombardo
2018-06-02[docs] update transifex doc linkCristian Mircea Messel
2018-06-02doc: split FreeBSD build instructions out of build-unix.mdsteverusso
docs: Linked to the 'Building on FreeBSD' section of the Unix guide where it lists BSD specific guides. Created a FreeBSD build guide (doc/build-freebsd.md). Added in warning about the version of 'gdb' installed by default. Removed the FreeBSD build instructions now that they have their own guide (doc/build-freebsd.md). Updated the sentence to refer to the BSD guides in the 'doc' directory for more specific BSD build instructions. Minor grammatical fix.
2018-06-01Merge #13058: [wallet] `createwallet` RPC - create new wallet at runtimeJonas Schnelli
f7e153e95 [wallets] [docs] Add release notes for createwallet RPC. (John Newbery) 32167e830 [wallet] [tests] Add tests for `createwallet` RPC. (John Newbery) 942131774 [wallet] [rpc] Add `createwallet` RPC (John Newbery) Pull request description: Adds a `createwallet` RPC to dynamically create a new wallet at runtime. Includes tests and release notes. Tree-SHA512: e0d89e3ae498234e9db5b827c56804cbab64f18a1875e2b5e676172c110278ea1b9e93a8a61b8dd80e2f2a691490bf229e923e4ccb284a1d3e420b8317815866
2018-05-31[wallets] [docs] Add release notes for createwallet RPC.John Newbery
2018-05-30doc: update bitcoin-dot-org links in release-process.mdfanquake
2018-05-29Merge #13281: test: Move linters to test/lint, add readmeWladimir J. van der Laan
fa3c910bfeab00703c947c5200a64c21225b50ef test: Move linters to test/lint, add readme (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: This moves the checks and linters from `devtools` to a subfolder in `test`. (Motivated by my opinion that the dev tools are mostly for generating code and updating the repo whereas the linters are read-only checks.) Also, adds a readme to clarify that checks and linters are only meant to prevent bugs and user facing issues, not merely stylistic preference or inconsistencies. (This is motivated by the diversity in developers and work flows as well as existing code styles. It would be too disruptive to change all existing code to a single style or too burdensome to force all developers to adhere to a single style. Also note that our style guide is changing, so locking in at the wrong style "too early" would only waste resources.) Tree-SHA512: 9b10e89f2aeaf0c8a9ae248aa891d74e0abf0569f8e5dfd266446efa8bfaf19f0ea0980abf0b0b22f0d8416ee90d7435d21a9f9285b66df43f370b7979173406
2018-05-29Merge #13134: net: Add option `-enablebip61` to configure sending of BIP61 ↵Wladimir J. van der Laan
notifications 87fe292d897e09e176ac7e254144466c319cc9ac doc: Mention disabling BIP61 in bips.md (Wladimir J. van der Laan) fe16dd8226d924f44432c5b5014aa49ff45c82ff net: Add option `-enablebip61` to configure sending of BIP61 notifications (Wladimir J. van der Laan) Pull request description: This commit adds a boolean option `-peersendreject`, defaulting to `1`, that can be used to disable the sending of [BIP61](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0061.mediawiki) `reject` messages. This functionality has been requested for various reasons: - security (DoS): reject messages can reveal internal state that can be used to target certain resources such as the mempool more easily. - bandwidth: a typical node sends lots of reject messages; this counts against upstream bandwidth. Also the reject messages tend to be larger than the message that was rejected. On the other hand, reject messages can be useful while developing client software (I found them indispensable while creating bitcoin-submittx), as well as for our own test cases, so whatever the default becomes on the long run, IMO the functionality should be retained as option. But that's a discussion for later, for now it's simply a node operator decision. Also adds a RPC test that checks the functionality. Tree-SHA512: 9488cc53e13cd8e5c6f8eb472a44309572673405c1d1438c3488f627fae622c95e2198bde5ed7d29e56b948e2918bf1920239e9f865889f4c37c097c37a4d7a9
2018-05-28Merge #13295: docs: Update OpenBSD build instructions for OpenBSD 6.3Wladimir J. van der Laan
1680b8bf0326bf147447eab88c69e5436a70b410 docs: Update OpenBSD build instructions for OpenBSD 6.3 (practicalswift) Pull request description: Update OpenBSD build instructions for OpenBSD 6.3. Tree-SHA512: cafed10e053351bf2c7cf802e011acd557e9a55b55b961a192e5d69ee6681f12ddbd936ab4d18fc39baaa992a942f04b087a827d98a6b157e5481a1a29dacb62
2018-05-24test: Move linters to test/lint, add readmeMarcoFalke
2018-05-24Merge #13246: doc: Bump to Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 in build-windows.mdWladimir J. van der Laan
9d4f9421a4898f75a4c49aaefaba2868de071d79 doc: Bump to Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 in build-windows.md (Chun Kuan Lee) Pull request description: Windows starts to provide Ubuntu 18.04 WSL, it can be downloaded from Microsoft Store. Tree-SHA512: a96ed03f36894ad867fd88631c1497eac7fc1cdaee8f59f36f34781df0b0f0b352a1bd8f09eba61002534fb7e0fe460006f223e37d61ad888197a36d17b43178
2018-05-23docs: Add a note about the source code filename naming conventionpracticalswift
2018-05-22docs: Update OpenBSD build instructions for OpenBSD 6.3practicalswift
2018-05-19[docs] Add release notes for HD master key -> HD seed renameJohn Newbery
2018-05-17doc: Bump to Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 in build-windows.mdChun Kuan Lee
Windows starts to provide Ubuntu 18.04 WSL, it can be downloaded from Microsoft Store.
2018-05-16[wallet] [docs] Update release notes for removing `getlabeladdress`John Newbery
2018-05-16ui: Support wallets loaded dynamicallyJoão Barbosa
2018-05-16[docs] Add release notes for `loadwallet` RPC.John Newbery
2018-05-15[qt] OptionsDialog: add prune settingSjors Provoost
2018-05-13doc: Mention disabling BIP61 in bips.mdWladimir J. van der Laan
2018-05-09Merge #10267: New -includeconf argument for including external configuration ↵Wladimir J. van der Laan
files 25b7ab9 doc: Add release notes for -includeconf (Karl-Johan Alm) 0f0badd test: Test includeconf parameter. (Karl-Johan Alm) 629ff8c -includeconf=<path> support in config handler, for including external configuration files (Karl-Johan Alm) Pull request description: Fixes: #10071. Done: - adds `-includeconf=<path>`, where `<path>` is relative to `datadir` or to the path of the file being read, if in a file - protects against circular includes - updates help docs ~~~Thoughts:~~~ - ~~~I am not sure how to test this in a neat manner. Feedback on this would be nice. Will dig/think though.~~~ Tree-SHA512: cb31f1b2f69fbc0890d264948eb2e501ac05cf12f5e06a5942f9c1539eb15ea8dc3cae817f4073aecb2fcc21d0386747f14f89d990772003a76e2a6d25642553