[Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#731772: bitcoin-qt: Please update to Bitcoin-QT 0.8.6

[Fabián Rodríguez]

Package: bitcoin-qt
Version: 0.8.5-1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Bitcoin-QT 0.8.6 has been released upstream.

The release notes indicate "This is a maintenance release to fix a critical bug; we urge all users to upgrade."

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.6/

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).

If you are upgrading from version 0.7.2 or earlier, the first time you
run 0.8.6 your blockchain files will be re-indexed, which will take
anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours, depending on the speed of
your machine.

0.8.6 Release notes
===================

- Default block size increase for miners.
  (see https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7670433#086-accept-into-block)

- Remove the all-outputs-must-be-greater-than-CENT-to-qualify-as-free rule for relaying
  (see https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7670433#086-relaying)

- Lower maximum size for free transaction creation
  (see https://gist.github.com/gavinandresen/7670433#086-wallet)

- OSX block chain database corruption fixes
  - Update leveldb to 1.13
  - Use fcntl with `F_FULLSYNC` instead of fsync on OSX
  - Use native Darwin memory barriers
  - Replace use of mmap in leveldb for improved reliability (only on OSX)

- Fix nodes forwarding transactions with empty vins and getting banned

- Network code performance and robustness improvements

- Additional debug.log logging for diagnosis of network problems, log timestamps by default

- Fix Bitcoin-Qt startup crash when clicking dock icon on OSX 

- Fix memory leaks in CKey::SetCompactSignature() and Key::SignCompact()

- Fix rare GUI crash on send

- Various small GUI, documentation and build fixes

Warning
-------

- There have been frequent reports of users running out of virtual memory on 32-bit systems
  during the initial sync.
  Hence it is recommended to use a 64-bit executable if possible.
  A 64-bit executable for Windows is planned for 0.9.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages bitcoin-qt depends on:
ii  libboost-filesystem1.54.0       1.54.0-3
ii  libboost-program-options1.54.0  1.54.0-3
ii  libboost-system1.54.0           1.54.0-3
ii  libboost-thread1.54.0           1.54.0-3
ii  libc6                           2.17-96
ii  libdb5.1++                      5.1.29-7
ii  libgcc1                         1:4.8.2-5
ii  libminiupnpc5                   1.5-2
ii  libqrencode3                    3.4.2-1
ii  libqt4-dbus                     4:4.8.5+git121-g2a9ea11+dfsg1-2
ii  libqt4-network                  4:4.8.5+git121-g2a9ea11+dfsg1-2
ii  libqtcore4                      4:4.8.5+git121-g2a9ea11+dfsg1-2
ii  libqtgui4                       4:4.8.5+git121-g2a9ea11+dfsg1-2
ii  libssl1.0.0                     1.0.1e-4
ii  libstdc++6                      4.8.2-5

bitcoin-qt recommends no packages.

bitcoin-qt suggests no packages.

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