Version 0.6.2 available

[GroundRod]

@Toffoo - Yes seeing some inappropriate switching to foreground behavior too.  Running 3 different Windows 0.6.xx versions here, no change in that which I've noticed.  Was trying to figure out how to document that just yesterday, somewhat hard to describe.

Just wanted to add...

Gavin's recommended upgrade path went smoothly, no problems to report there, although while reviewing which files had changed, was surprised to find that in windows explorer, under the Program Files/bitcoin subdirectory as well as the bitcoin/src (plus subs) & bitcoin/daemon folders, all the files date/time stamps remain the same, stuck on 1/29/2011.  Both the date modified and the date created fields, odd that I can't look at those quickly and be able to tell which files have been modified recently.  Mostly it would be nice to at least see the bitcoin-qt.exe file has a newer time stamp on it, before running....

My initial install was back one April 2nd 2012, can clearly see that as the folders dates modified & created are working fine, it's just the files themselves which aren't changing....

GR

[R-]

We ♥ Gavin.

Needs to be mate into a t-shirt..and sold for Bitcoin.

[coretechs]

I'm running into a minor annoyance that is happening on two separate Windows 7 x64 machines.  After exiting bitcoin-qt, the icon remains in the system tray until you move the mouse over it.  I'm not sure if it is a Windows issue or something specific to my display settings, but I don't recall it happening with earlier versions.  Anyone else seeing the same behavior?

[Kupsi]

Anyone else seeing the same behavior?

I see it on my Win 7 x64 machine. Wasn't like that on version 0.6.1.

[Portnoy]

Anyone else seeing the same behavior?

I see it on my Win 7 x64 machine. Wasn't like that on version 0.6.1.

Yup.  I think I see it on my XP laptop as well. 

[Kupsi]

I see it on my Win 7 x64 machine. Wasn't like that on version 0.6.1.

I was wrong. Tried version 0.6.0, 0.6.1 and 0.6.2 now.

0.6.0 = OK
0.6.1 = icon remains in system tray
0.6.2 = icon remains in system tray

[rjk]

I see that too on W7 x64, and additionally another display anomaly: Clicking the icon once pops the window into the foreground, and clicking again puts it back down in the tray. This isn't a bad thing, but it is different from how it used to work. It used to require a double click to open, and X it out to minimize to tray.

[Equilux]

Hey, I didn't have time to check the thread if this already has been reported, but after installing, running it for the first time I get a "Runaway exception" error. It says "EXCEPTION: NSt8ios_base7failurE" and "CDataStream:)read : end of data" on the last line it says "C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\Bitcoin-qt.exe in runaway exception"

I'm running windows 7 and 0.6 worked fine. I already uninstalled 0.6 before installing 0.6.2 but still the same error.

[Bitsky]

When sending coins from one of your addresses to another one of your addresses, the client only displays an entry saying "transaction to yourself" without listing the amount or the from/to address.
While this isn't a bug, it makes keeping track of your coins difficult. Blockchain.info for example lists the transaction just like every other one; I suggest that the client should do the same.

[h00ters]

bitcoin-qt has a flaw when you have thousands of transactions It starts to be a CPU and memory hog. Plus it looks like it was done in VB6. The GUI is crap, please go back to one of the beta designs as it was far superior.

I'm running this on windows, setting the priory to low, and setting the affinity to only using 2 CPU's on bitcoin-qt.exe. No real change, still a hog.

The client started to become a more of a resource whore around the ~1000 transactions mark... not sure 100% tho. I'm a little over 11k transactions.. and doing more and more everyday.

I've tried multibit, and Electrum.. both sux imho...  May give multibit another try, but hate running java.. *sigh*

I know of a few other users with the same issue... From my conclusion it seems that the bitcoin client does not like to have thousands and thousands of transactions

Any suggestions?

[rjk]

lol VB6. It's called Qt and it's from Nokia: http://qt.nokia.com/
If you really have 11,000 transactions, why are you even using the GUI?

And if you know how to program in wx, you are welcome to maintain the old version. Luke-Jr will even help you set it up.

[Raoul Duke]

lol VB6. It's called Qt and it's from Nokia: http://qt.nokia.com/

And that's why it sucks

[rjk]

lol VB6. It's called Qt and it's from Nokia: http://qt.nokia.com/

And that's why it sucks

Looks far better than most Java stuff, you must admit.

[notme]

lol VB6. It's called Qt and it's from Nokia: http://qt.nokia.com/

And that's why it sucks

It's actually not from Nokia... Nokia bought out it's creator (Trolltech) in 2008 and hasn't changed much since.

[h00ters]

lol VB6. It's called Qt and it's from Nokia: http://qt.nokia.com/
If you really have 11,000 transactions, why are you even using the GUI?

And if you know how to program in wx, you are welcome to maintain the old version. Luke-Jr will even help you set it up.

Happy I got some lol's out of the VB6 comment.

So, run bitcoind instead of GUI you're saying?

Thanks!

[rjk]

lol VB6. It's called Qt and it's from Nokia: http://qt.nokia.com/
If you really have 11,000 transactions, why are you even using the GUI?

And if you know how to program in wx, you are welcome to maintain the old version. Luke-Jr will even help you set it up.

Happy I got some lol's out of the VB6 comment.

So, run bitcoind instead of GUI you're saying?

Thanks!

It would definitely be more efficient, especially if you have some way of automating your process (sounds high volume). It requires you to send it commands and get a response, like most daemon applications, so it won't be like clicking a bunch of buttons and away you go. But it will run with your existing wallet with no problems.

[flatfly]

bitcoin-qt has a flaw when you have thousands of transactions It starts to be a CPU and memory hog. Plus it looks like it was done in VB6. The GUI is crap, please go back to one of the beta designs as it was far superior.

I'm running this on windows, setting the priory to low, and setting the affinity to only using 2 CPU's on bitcoin-qt.exe. No real change, still a hog.

The client started to become a more of a resource whore around the ~1000 transactions mark... not sure 100% tho. I'm a little over 11k transactions.. and doing more and more everyday.

I've tried multibit, and Electrum.. both sux imho...  May give multibit another try, but hate running java.. *sigh*

I know of a few other users with the same issue... From my conclusion it seems that the bitcoin client does not like to have thousands and thousands of transactions

Any suggestions?

Just curious, care to explain why you didn't like Electrum and MultiBit? Have you tried both recently?

[Diapolo]

I'm running into a minor annoyance that is happening on two separate Windows 7 x64 machines.  After exiting bitcoin-qt, the icon remains in the system tray until you move the mouse over it.  I'm not sure if it is a Windows issue or something specific to my display settings, but I don't recall it happening with earlier versions.  Anyone else seeing the same behavior?

This will be fixed with the next version, I created a patch for this. Was related to how Bitcoin-Qt was exit until 0.6.2.

Dia

[Diapolo]

I see that too on W7 x64, and additionally another display anomaly: Clicking the icon once pops the window into the foreground, and clicking again puts it back down in the tray. This isn't a bad thing, but it is different from how it used to work. It used to require a double click to open, and X it out to minimize to tray.

That's a new feature and intended! Should have been mentioned in the changelog, perhaps it was in and you didn't see it ?

Dia

[Diapolo]

When sending coins from one of your addresses to another one of your addresses, the client only displays an entry saying "transaction to yourself" without listing the amount or the from/to address.
While this isn't a bug, it makes keeping track of your coins difficult. Blockchain.info for example lists the transaction just like every other one; I suggest that the client should do the same.

You should perhaps create an issue ticket directly on Github.

Dia