Merge pull request #2906 from ethereum/release/2.0-alpha

Release - 2.0.0-alpha

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -34,6 +34,34 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 -->
 
+## [2.0.0-alpha]
+
+### Added
+
+- Sending of locally signed transactions as ``BatchRequest`` (#2708)
+- Automatic increason of the nonce for locally signed transactions (#2796)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Pull request & issue templates updated
+- Supported node versions changed (#2820)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- ``hexToNumberString`` prefix validation (#2184)
+- Draft implementation of the EIP-1193 improved (#2856, #2862, #2854)
+- Documentation typo (#2806)
+- Contract method parameter handling fixed (#2815)
+- ``isBigNumber`` export fixed (#2835)
+- ``SyncingSubscription`` fixed (#2833)
+- ``getBlock`` types fixed (#2819)
+- Transaction confirmation workflow fixed for parity (#2847)
+- ``WebsocketProvider`` event handling fixed (#2711)
+- ``WebsocketProvider`` memory leak fixed (#2851)
+
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-## [2.0.0-alpha]
+## [2.0.0-alpha.1]
+
+
+

docs/include_announcement.rst

@@ -1 +1 @@
-.. note:: This documentation is under construction and the web3.js 1.0 stable version isn't released. If you're using a version v0.x.x of web3.js then please have a look at `github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API <https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JavaScript-API>`_.
+.. note:: This documentation is under construction and documents the 2.x alpha versions of web3.js. The current stable version of web3.js is 1.0 and should get preferred for production use cases.

lerna.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.0.0-beta.55",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha",
   "lerna": "2.0.0",
   "command": {
     "init": {

package.json

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "web3",
     "namespace": "ethereum",
-    "version": "1.0.0-beta.55",
+    "version": "2.0.0-alpha",
     "description": "Ethereum JavaScript API wrapper repository",
     "license": "LGPL-3.0",
+    "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8.0.0"
+    },
     "main": "./packages/web3/src/index.js",
     "directories": {
         "doc": "./doc"
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@
         "install:all": "lerna add",
         "remove:all": "lerna exec npm uninstall",
         "install:dev:all": "lerna exec npm install --save-dev",
-        "publish": "npm run bootstrap && npm run travis && lerna publish --skip-git",
+        "publish": "npm run bootstrap && npm run travis && lerna publish --dist-tag next --skip-git",
         "build": "lerna run build",
         "test": "lerna run test",
         "test:coverage": "lerna run test -- --coverage && npm run istanbulCombine",
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@
         "@babel/preset-env": "^7.4.4",
         "@babel/runtime": "^7.4.2",
         "@types/bn.js": "^4.11.5",
-        "@types/node": "^11.13.0",
+        "@types/node": "^12.6.1",
         "babel-core": "^7.0.0-bridge.0",
         "babel-eslint": "^10.0.1",
         "babel-jest": "^24.7.1",