Version 0.5

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,53 @@
+New in 0.5 - 2011-08-16
+=======================
+
+* Big speed improvement for address history and transaction pages.
+
+* Big load time improvement for SQLite: below 10 hours for the BTC
+  chain.
+
+* MySQL supported.
+
+* Oracle supported, but slow due to lack of transparent bind variable
+  use in cx_Oracle.
+
+* BBE-compatible HTTP API functions: nethash totalbc addresstohash
+  hashtoaddress hashpubkey checkaddress
+
+* New HTTP API functions: translate_address decode_address
+
+* Online list of API functions (/q).
+
+* Native BeerTokens currency support.
+
+* Many minor improvements; see the Git log.
+
+
+New in 0.4.1 - 2011-08-16
+=========================
+
+* Security enhancement: refer to orphan blocks by hash, not height.
+
+* Fixed bugs affecting new chains defined via the configuration.
+
+* Warn, do not exit, if a block file is missing or unparsable.
+
+* Abe parses the new merged-mining block field, CAuxPow.
+
+* Decrement the value returned by getblockcount for compatibility.
+
+* Bug fix: remove '-' from parenthesized amounts.
+
+* Fixed previous/next block links on /chain/CHAIN/b/NUMBER pages.
+
+* Accept "var += val" in configuration as equivalent to "var = val"
+  where "var" has not been defined.
+
+* Added --commit-bytes option to adjust the database commit interval.
+
+* Minor robustness and cosmetic improvements.
+
+
 Major changes from 0.3 to 0.4 (2011-07-04 to 2011-07-15)
 ========================================================
 

abe.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import base58
 
 ABE_APPNAME = "Abe"
-ABE_VERSION = '0.5pre'
+ABE_VERSION = '0.5'
 ABE_URL = 'https://github.com/jtobey/bitcoin-abe'
 
 COPYRIGHT_YEARS = '2011'