From fb818b6be42f9b324e0008b6b9940b3b820a13a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Micha Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:46:09 +0300 Subject: Bring historical release notes up to date [skip ci] --- doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.1.md | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.2.md | 86 ++++++++++++++++ doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.3.md | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.5.md | 60 +++++++++++ 4 files changed, 454 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.1.md create mode 100644 doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.2.md create mode 100644 doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.3.md create mode 100644 doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.5.md 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..8f59f1f68c --- /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: + + + +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: + + + +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: + + + +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: + + + +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-0.10.3.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.3.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8a110e562c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.10.3.md @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.10.3 is now available from: + + + +This is a new minor version release, bringing security fixes and translation +updates. It is recommended to upgrade to this version as soon as possible. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: + + + +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 +=============== + +Fix buffer overflow in bundled upnp +------------------------------------ + +Bundled miniupnpc was updated to 1.9.20151008. This fixes a buffer overflow in +the XML parser during initial network discovery. + +Details can be found here: http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0035/ + +This applies to the distributed executables only, not when building from source or +using distribution provided packages. + +Additionally, upnp has been disabled by default. This may result in a lower +number of reachable nodes on IPv4, however this prevents future libupnpc +vulnerabilities from being a structural risk to the network +(see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6795). + +Test for LowS signatures before relaying +----------------------------------------- + +Make the node require the canonical 'low-s' encoding for ECDSA signatures when +relaying or mining. This removes a nuisance malleability vector. + +Consensus behavior is unchanged. + +If widely deployed this change would eliminate the last remaining known vector +for nuisance malleability on SIGHASH_ALL P2PKH transactions. On the down-side +it will block most transactions made by sufficiently out of date software. + +Unlike the other avenues to change txids on transactions this +one was randomly violated by all deployed bitcoin software prior to +its discovery. So, while other malleability vectors where made +non-standard as soon as they were discovered, this one has remained +permitted. Even BIP62 did not propose applying this rule to +old version transactions, but conforming implementations have become +much more common since BIP62 was initially written. + +Bitcoin Core has produced compatible signatures since a28fb70e in +September 2013, but this didn't make it into a release until 0.9 +in March 2014; Bitcoinj has done so for a similar span of time. +Bitcoinjs and electrum have been more recently updated. + +This does not replace the need for BIP62 or similar, as miners can +still cooperate to break transactions. Nor does it replace the +need for wallet software to handle malleability sanely[1]. This +only eliminates the cheap and irritating DOS attack. + +[1] On the Malleability of Bitcoin Transactions +Marcin Andrychowicz, Stefan Dziembowski, Daniel Malinowski, Łukasz Mazurek +http://fc15.ifca.ai/preproceedings/bitcoin/paper_9.pdf + +Minimum relay fee default increase +----------------------------------- + +The default for the `-minrelaytxfee` setting has been increased from `0.00001` +to `0.00005`. + +This is necessitated by the current transaction flooding, causing +outrageous memory usage on nodes due to the mempool ballooning. This is a +temporary measure, bridging the time until a dynamic method for determining +this fee is merged (which will be in 0.12). + +(see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/6793, as well as the 0.11.0 +release notes, in which this value was suggested) + +0.10.3 Change log +================= + +Detailed release notes follow. This overview includes changes that affect external +behavior, not code moves, refactors or string updates. + +- #6186 `e4a7d51` Fix two problems in CSubnet parsing +- #6153 `ebd7d8d` Parameter interaction: disable upnp if -proxy set +- #6203 `ecc96f5` Remove P2SH coinbase flag, no longer interesting +- #6226 `181771b` json: fail read_string if string contains trailing garbage +- #6244 `09334e0` configure: Detect (and reject) LibreSSL +- #6276 `0fd8464` Fix getbalance * 0 +- #6274 `be64204` Add option `-alerts` to opt out of alert system +- #6319 `3f55638` doc: update mailing list address +- #6438 `7e66e9c` openssl: avoid config file load/race +- #6439 `255eced` Updated URL location of netinstall for Debian +- #6412 `0739e6e` Test whether created sockets are select()able +- #6694 `f696ea1` [QT] fix thin space word wrap line brake issue +- #6704 `743cc9e` Backport bugfixes to 0.10 +- #6769 `1cea6b0` Test LowS in standardness, removes nuisance malleability vector. +- #6789 `093d7b5` Update miniupnpc to 1.9.20151008 +- #6795 `f2778e0` net: Disable upnp by default +- #6797 `91ef4d9` Do not store more than 200 timedata samples +- #6793 `842c48d` Bump minrelaytxfee default + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: + +- Adam Weiss +- Alex Morcos +- Casey Rodarmor +- Cory Fields +- fanquake +- Gregory Maxwell +- Jonas Schnelli +- J Ross Nicoll +- Luke Dashjr +- Pavel Vasin +- Pieter Wuille +- randy-waterhouse +- ฿tcDrak +- Tom Harding +- Veres Lajos +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +And all those who contributed additional code review and/or security research: + +- timothy on IRC for reporting the issue +- Vulnerability in miniupnp discovered by Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.5.md b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.5.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bed0af9879 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.9.5.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +Bitcoin Core version 0.9.5 is now available from: + + https://bitcoin.org/bin/0.9.5/ + +This is a new minor version release, with the goal of backporting BIP66. There +are also a few 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). + +Notable changes +================ + +Mining and relay policy enhancements +------------------------------------ + +Bitcoin Core's block templates are now for version 3 blocks only, and any mining +software relying on its `getblocktemplate` must be updated in parallel to use +libblkmaker either version 0.4.2 or any version from 0.5.1 onward. +If you are solo mining, this will affect you the moment you upgrade Bitcoin +Core, which must be done prior to BIP66 achieving its 951/1001 status. +If you are mining with the stratum mining protocol: this does not affect you. +If you are mining with the getblocktemplate protocol to a pool: this will affect +you at the pool operator's discretion, which must be no later than BIP66 +achieving its 951/1001 status. + +0.9.5 changelog +================ + +- `74f29c2` Check pindexBestForkBase for null +- `9cd1dd9` Fix priority calculation in CreateTransaction +- `6b4163b` Sanitize command strings before logging them. +- `3230b32` Raise version of created blocks, and enforce DERSIG in mempool +- `989d499` Backport of some of BIP66's tests +- `ab03660` Implement BIP 66 validation rules and switchover logic +- `8438074` build: fix dynamic boost check when --with-boost= is used + +Credits +-------- + +Thanks to who contributed to this release, at least: + +- 21E14 +- Alex Morcos +- Cory Fields +- Gregory Maxwell +- Pieter Wuille +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/). -- cgit v1.2.3