Merge pull request #64 from MaySoMusician/doc/release-notes-for-0.17.0-2

XPChain 0.17.0-2 Release Preparation

configure.ac

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 17)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
-define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
+define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 2)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2018)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2019)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION,[[XPChain Core]])
 AC_INIT([XPChain Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[https://github.com/xpchain/xpchain/issues],[xpchain],[https://xpchaincore.org/])

doc/xpchain-release-notes/xpchain-release-notes-0.17.0-2.md

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+XPChain Core version 0.17.0-2 is now available from:
+
+  <https://www.xpchain.io/?loc=lnkwallet>
+
+This is a new minor version release, with various bugfixes
+and translation updates.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
+
+  <https://github.com/xpc-wg/xpchain/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/XPChain-Qt` (on Mac).
+
+<!-- commented out because there doesn't seems any change for the chainstate database-->
+<!--
+The first time you run version 0.17.0-0 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.
+
+Downgrading warning
+-------------------
+
+The chainstate database for this release is not compatible with previous
+releases, so if you run 0.15 and then decide to switch back to any
+older version, you will need to run the old release with the `-reindex-chainstate`
+option to rebuild the chainstate data structures in the old format.
+
+If your node has pruning enabled, this will entail re-downloading and
+processing the entire blockchain. -->
+
+Compatibility
+==============
+
+XPChain Core is extensively tested on multiple operating systems using
+the Linux kernel, macOS 10.10+, and Windows 7 and newer (Windows XP is not supported).
+
+XPChain Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not
+frequently tested on them.
+
+Notable changes
+===============
+
+New RPC for listing states of minting
+----------------------------------------
+
+The `listmintings` RPC lists data of unspent transaction outputs (UTXO)
+and the states of minting, including coin-age of the UTXO, the probability
+of minting, and the expected amounts of the reward, which were displayed only
+in Qt wallet. You can filter the result similarly to `listunspent`, as well as by
+a minimum or maximum of coin-age.
+
+Missing records in Minting tab
+-----------------------------------
+
+Some of the records of states of minting didn't show up in Minting tab when a transaction
+had two or more outputs to your addresses, because the record of one in the table
+overwrote those of the others. Now this is fixed so that you can see the complete
+list of the states.
+
+St13runtime_error in minting
+----------------------------
+
+Your wallet sometimes caused `EXCEPTION: St13runtime_error` and failed to mint
+a new block when trying to create a block with one of your UTXOs. The function
+of proof-of-stake has been so fully refactored that this error will never cause.
+
+GUI changes
+-----------
+
+- In Minting tab, the setting for displaying probability *within 90 days* is replaced by that for *within 60 days*.
+
+XPChain 0.17.0-2 change log
+------------------
+
+### Mining/Staking
+- #52 `ce2f2fb` Mining: create coinstake tx & new block only after successful staking (mban259)
+
+### RPC
+- #61 `6f06c40` RPC/REST/ZMQ: Add new rpc endpoint for display the list of minting transaction. (serisia)
+
+### GUI
+- #51 `4cd39b3` Qt: Fix mintingtab identity (add vout number) (serisia)
+- #54 `c83237d` Qt: Change Mintingtab timespan (serisia)
+- #56 `8cc86ff` Qt: refactoring KernelRecord (serisia)
+
+### Translation
+- #53 `5987542` Translation: Fix wrong ja translation of label for expert section (MaySoMusician)
+- #58 `62c312d` Translation: Change translation for shorter probability interval (MaySoMusician)
+- #59 `d55a4e7` Translations: bugfix ko-KR.ts (Falconno7)
+
+### Documentation
+- #49 `1fe54a1` Docs: Fix typo in README.md (MaySoMusician)
+- #60 `e20af01` Docs: Add warnings for exchanges (MaySoMusician)
+
+### Miscellaneous
+- #50 `c63ae68` Replace Bitcoin -> XPChain (serisia)
+- #55 `b85b932` Wallet: Make description of -minting argument more clear (MaySoMusician)
+- #57 `fded3b9` Scripts and tools: Add Dockerfile and compose sample file (moochannel)
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
+
+- Falconno7
+- MaySoMusician
+- mban259
+- moochannel
+- serisia
+
+As well as everyone that reported bugs & issues through Discord etc.