From fcae044a5f65b8b4f660872bff19fedc22b755c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Collins Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:17:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add release notes for v1.8.1. --- docs/release-notes/release-notes-1.8.1.md | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/release-notes/release-notes-1.8.1.md diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-1.8.1.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-1.8.1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..870f1a3c16 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-1.8.1.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +# dcrd v1.8.1 + +This is a patch release of dcrd that includes some updates to the RPC server and +JSON-RPC API in light of the changes made by +[DCP0011](https://github.com/decred/dcps/blob/master/dcp-0011/dcp-0011.mediawiki) as follows: + +* The `getblock` and `getblockheader` RPCs now have an additional `powhash` + field for the new Proof-of-Work hash +* The `getnetworkhashps` RPC now treats -1 for the blocks parameter as the + default number of blocks versus the previous behavior that is no longer + applicable to the new difficulty adjustment algorithm + +The RPC server version as of this release is 8.1.0. + +## Changelog + +This patch release consists of 5 commits from 2 contributors which total to 7 +files changed, 47 additional lines of code, and 29 deleted lines of code. + +All commits since the last release may be viewed on GitHub +[here](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/compare/release-v1.8.0...release-v1.8.1). + +### RPC: + +- rpc: Add PoWHash to getblock/getblockheader (verbose) results ([decred/dcrd#3192](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3192)) +- rpcserver: Modify getnetworkhashps -1 blocks logic ([decred/dcrd#3193](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3193)) + +### Developer-related package and module changes: + +- jsonrpc/types: Add powhash to verbose block output ([decred/dcrd#3192](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3192)) +- main: Use backported rpc types updates ([decred/dcrd#3192](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3192)) + +### Misc: + +- release: Bump for 1.8.1 ([decred/dcrd#3194](https://github.com/decred/dcrd/pull/3194)) + +### Code Contributors (alphabetical order): + +- Dave Collins +- Jonathan Chappelow