[Pkg-bitcoin-commits] [bitcoin] 109/126: Add release notes describing blockmaxweight deprecation

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commit bb83fe19026b4d86a6514e6f3ed5f4d71f1bc4bc
Author: Matt Corallo <git at bluematt.me>
Date:   Fri Aug 25 11:27:03 2017 -0400

    Add release notes describing blockmaxweight deprecation
    
    Github-Pull: #11100
    Rebased-From: 6f703e9bf11c5f2fcb0fca0e4243fce6b4b9d35a
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 doc/release-notes.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md
index 1bb02e3..6e4bd03 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes.md
@@ -72,6 +72,22 @@ Notable changes
   value is passed, instead of returning a list of all wallet transactions since
   the genesis block.
 
+Miner block size limiting deprecated
+------------------------------------
+
+Though blockmaxweight has been preferred for limiting the size of blocks returned by
+getblocktemplate since 0.13.0, blockmaxsize remained as an option for those who wished
+to limit their block size directly. Using this option resulted in a few UI issues as
+well as non-optimal fee selection and ever-so-slightly worse performance, and has thus
+now been deprecated. Further, the blockmaxsize option is now used only to calculate an
+implied blockmaxweight, instead of limiting block size directly. Any miners who wish
+to limit their blocks by size, instead of by weight, will have to do so manually by
+removing transactions from their block template directly.
+
+Low-level RPC changes
+----------------------
+- The "currentblocksize" value in getmininginfo has been removed.
+
 Credits
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