Includes the language clarification in #5533
Note this means a string change for the -help (I don't think RPC help is translated?)
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28 | @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Downgrading warning 29 | 30 | Because release 0.10.0 makes use of headers-first synchronization and parallel 31 | block download, the block files and databases are not backwards-compatible 32 | -with older versions of Bitcoin Core: 33 | +with other software (notably the Armory wallet) nor older versions of Bitcoin
Did anyone actually confirm that Armory isn't compatible with this?
I didn't, but I thought someone said they knew it wasn't... I guess it will be soon enough, so maybe we should leave out the parenthical region?
ACK, but please either verify that Armory is actually incompatible, or just remove that mention.
A quick look on the forum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=903973.0) suggests that the next Armory release will be compatible with 0.10.0
Let's leave it out then.
41 | @@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ stored on disk, which earlier versions won't support. 42 | 43 | If you want to be able to downgrade smoothly, make a backup of your entire data 44 | directory. Without this your node will need start syncing (or importing from 45 | -bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. 46 | +bootstrap.dat) anew afterwards. It is possible that the data from a completely 47 | +synchronised 0.10 node may be usable in older versions as-is, but this is not 48 | +officially supported and may break as soon as the older version attempts to
I would drop the "officially" -- it's not unofficially supported either. Just a possibility of working.
ACK, besides that one comment
Changes made.
Ugh, needs rebase
Merged via d1bcef4
Milestone
0.10.0