From ec822d624af7c6eefe274d196b2125427b28ca20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David A. Harding" Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 09:16:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Releases: Add Bitcoin Core 0.10.1 Notes current as of RC2 --- _releases/0.10.1.md | 154 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 154 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _releases/0.10.1.md diff --git a/_releases/0.10.1.md b/_releases/0.10.1.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7b7d427a --- /dev/null +++ b/_releases/0.10.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +--- +## Required value below populates the %v variable (note: % needs to be escaped in YAML if it starts a value) +required_version: 0.10.1 +## Optional release date. May be filled in hours/days after a release +optional_date: +## Optional title. If not set, default is: Bitcoin Core version %v released +optional_title: Bitcoin Core version %v released +## Optional magnet link. To get it, open the torrent in a good BitTorrent client +## and View Details, or install the transmission-cli Debian/Ubuntu package +## and run: transmission-show -m +# +## Link should be enclosed in quotes and start with: "magnet:? +optional_magnetlink: + +## The --- below ends the YAML header. After that, paste the release notes. +## Warning: this site's Markdown parser commonly requires you make two +## changes to the release notes from the Bitcoin Core source tree: +## +## 1. Make sure both ordered and unordered lists are preceeded by an empty +## (whitespace only) line, like the empty line before this list item. +## +## 2. Place URLs inside angle brackets, like + +--- +Bitcoin Core version 0.10.1 is now available from: + + + +This is a new minor version release, bringing bug fixes and translation +updates. If you are using 0.10.0, 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 + +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 + +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 + +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) + +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. + +Credits +======= + +Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release: + +- Alex Morcos +- Cory Fields +- dexX7 +- fsb4000 +- Gavin Andresen +- Gregory Maxwell +- Ivan Pustogarov +- Jonas Nick +- Jonas Schnelli +- Pieter Wuille +- Ruben de Vries +- Suhas Daftuar +- Wladimir J. van der Laan + +As well as everyone that helped translating on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoin/).