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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:28:06 +1000
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From: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>
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Subject: [Bitcoin-development] There will be a 0.8.4 release
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There have been a few not-quite-serious-enough-to-justify-a-release
security fixes that, along with a couple of serious bugs, we think together
DO justify a new 0.8.* release.

So I just created a 0.8.4 branch, based on the 0.8.3 branch, and will be
cherry-picking from the master branch.

Planned changes from the 0.8.3 release:

Security-related:
42656ea  Make RPC password resistant to timing attacks
159bc48  Simplify storage of orphan transactions, fix CVE-2013-4627
37c6389  Performance optimization for bloom filters (help mitigate
potential DoS attack discussed last week)

Bug fixes:
9bf2a4ab  Fix multi-block reorg transaction resurrection
bf81a3ef  Fix Gnome bitcoin: URI handler
f0784ac4  Fix non-standard disconnected transactions causing mempool orphans
2461aba1  Mempool consistency check
pull 2916  Import OSX fsync change from LevelDB subtree  (will hopefully
fix the random-OSX leveldb corruption issues)

There are lots of little fixes that could be included, but those will wait
for the 0.9 release.

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--
Gavin Andresen

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"=
>There have been a few not-quite-serious-enough-to-justify-a-release securi=
ty fixes that, along with a couple of serious bugs, we think together DO ju=
stify a new 0.8.* release.<br>
</div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div>=
<div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">So I just create=
d a 0.8.4 branch, based on the 0.8.3 branch, and will be cherry-picking fro=
m the master branch.</div>
<div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div s=
tyle=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Planned changes from t=
he 0.8.3 release:</div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size=
:13px">
<br></div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Securi=
ty-related:</div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"=
><div>42656ea =A0Make RPC password resistant to timing attacks<br></div><di=
v>
159bc48 =A0Simplify storage of orphan transactions, fix CVE-2013-4627</div>=
<div>37c6389 =A0Performance optimization for bloom filters (help mitigate p=
otential DoS attack discussed last week)</div><div><br></div><div>Bug fixes=
:</div>
<div>9bf2a4ab =A0Fix multi-block reorg transaction resurrection</div><div>b=
f81a3ef =A0Fix Gnome bitcoin: URI handler</div><div><div>f0784ac4 =A0Fix no=
n-standard disconnected transactions causing mempool orphans</div><div>2461=
aba1 =A0Mempool consistency check</div>
</div><div>pull 2916 =A0Import OSX fsync change from LevelDB subtree =A0(wi=
ll hopefully fix the random-OSX leveldb corruption issues)</div><div><br></=
div><div>There are lots of little fixes that could be included, but those w=
ill wait for the 0.9 release.</div>
</div><div><br></div>-- <br>--<br>Gavin Andresen<br>
</div>

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