1.2.1 Release (#1846)

* Updated release notes for 1.2.1

* Updated release notes for 1.2.1

* Update version specification

* Update changelog

* Better changelog again

* Fix link

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,134 @@ From v1.2, Pantheon requires Java 11.  Pantheon on Java 8 is no longer supported
 In v1.2, we removed the entry-point script from our Docker image. Refer to the [migration guide](https://docs.pantheon.pegasys.tech/en/latest/Deploying-Pantheon/High-Availability/)
 for information on options that were previously automatically added to the Pantheon command line. 
 
+## 1.2.1
+
+### Additions and Improvements
+
+- Removed the release plugin in favour of the new process with branches
+[#1841](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1841)
+[#1843](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1843)
+[#1848](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1848)
+[#1855](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1855)
+- Updated Görli bootnodes [#1842](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1842)
+- Removed unnecessary test dependency [#1839](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1839)
+- Added warning when comments are used in genesis file [#1838](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1838)
+- Added an experimental flag for disabling timers [#1837](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1837)
+- Fixed FlatFileTaskCollection tests [#1833](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1833)
+- Added chain json import utility [#1832](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1832)
+- Added tests to AllNodesVisitor trie traversal [#1831](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1831)
+- Updated privateFrom to be required [#1829](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1829) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
+- Made explicit that streamed accounts may be missing their address [#1828](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1828)
+- Refactored normalizeKeys method [#1826](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1826)
+- Removed dead parameters [#1825](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1825)
+- Added a nicer name for Corretto [#1819](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1819)
+- Changed core JSON-RPC method to support ReTestEth
+[#1815](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1815)
+[#1818](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1818)
+- Added rewind to block functionality [#1814](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1814)
+- Added support for NoReward and NoProof seal engines [#1813](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1813)
+- Added strict short hex strings for retesteth [#1812](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1812)
+- Cleaned up genesis parsing [#1809](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1809)
+- Updating Orion to v1.3.2 [#1805](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1805)
+- Updaated newHeads subscription to emit events only for canonical blocks [#1798](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1798)
+- Repricing for trie-size-dependent opcodes [#1795](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1795)
+- Revised Istanbul Versioning assignemnts [#1794](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1794)
+- Updated RevertReason to return BytesValue [#1793](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1793)
+- Updated way priv_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress source [#1786](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1786) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
+- Updated Chain ID opcode to return 0 as default [#1785](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1785)
+- Allowed fixedDifficulty=1 [#1784](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1784)
+- Updated Docker image defaults host interfaces [#1782](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1782)
+- Added tracking of world state account key preimages [#1780](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1780)
+- Modified PrivGetPrivateTransaction to take public tx hash [#1778](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1778) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
+- Removed enclave public key from parameter
+[#1789](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1789)
+[#1777](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1777) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
+- Added storage key preimage tracking [#1772](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1772)
+- Updated priv_getPrivacyPrecompileAddress method return [#1766](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1766) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
+- Added tests for permissioning with static nodes behaviour [#1764](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1764)
+- Added integration test for contract creation with privacyGroupId [#1762](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1762) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
+- Added report node local address as the coinbase in Clique and IBFT
+[#1758](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1758)
+[#1760](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1760)
+- Fixed private tx signature validation [#1753](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1753)
+- Updated CI configuration
+[#1751](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1751)
+[#1835](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1835)
+- Added CLI flag for setting WorldStateDownloader task cache size [#1749](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1749) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
+- Updated vertx to 2.8.0 [#1748](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1748)
+- changed RevertReason to BytesValue [#1746](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1746)
+- Added static nodes acceptance test [#1745](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1745)
+- Added report 0 hashrate when the mining coordinator doesn't support mining
+[#1744](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1744)
+[#1757](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1757)
+- Implemented EIP-2200 - Net Gas Metering Revised [#1743](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1743)
+- Added chainId validation to PrivateTransactionValidator [#1741](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1741)
+- Reduced intrinsic gas cost [#1739](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1739)
+- De-duplicated test blocks data files [#1737](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1737)
+- Renamed various EEA methods to priv methods [#1736](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1736) (thanks to [josh-richardson](https://github.com/josh-richardson))
+- Permissioning Acceptance Test [#1735](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1735)
+ [#1759](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1759)
+- Add nonce handling to GenesisState [#1728](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1728)
+- Added 100-continue to HTTP [#1727](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1727)
+- Fixed get_signerMetrics [#1725](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1725) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
+- Reworked "in-sync" checks [#1720](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1720)
+- Added Accounts Permissioning Acceptance Tests [#1719](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1719)
+- Added PrivateTransactionValidator to unify logic [#1713](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1713)
+- Added JSON-RPC API to report validator block production information [#1687](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1687) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
+- Added Mark Sweep Pruner [#1638](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1638)
+- Added the Blake2b F compression function as a precompile in Pantheon [#1614](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1614) (thanks to [iikirilov](https://github.com/iikirilov))
+- Documentation updates include:
+  - Added CPU requirements [#1734](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1734)
+  - Added reference to Ansible role [#1733](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1733)
+  - Updated revert reason example [#1754](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1754)
+  - Added content on deploying for production [#1774](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1774)
+  - Updated docker docs for location of data path [#1790](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1790)
+  - Updated permissiong documentation
+  [#1792](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1792)
+  [#1652](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1652)
+  - Added permissioning webinar in the resources [#1717](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1717)
+  - Add web3.js-eea reference doc [#1617](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1617)
+  - Updated privacy documentation 
+  [#1650](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1650)
+  [#1721](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1721)
+  [#1722](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1722)
+  [#1724](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1724)
+  [#1729](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1729)
+  [#1730](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1730)
+  [#1731](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1731)
+  [#1732](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1732)
+  [#1740](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1740)
+  [#1750](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1750)
+  [#1761](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1761)
+  [#1765](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1765)
+  [#1769](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1769)
+  [#1770](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1770)
+  [#1771](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1771)
+  [#1773](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1773)
+  [#1787](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1787)
+  [#1788](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1788)
+  [#1796](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1796)
+  [#1803](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1803)
+  [#1810](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1810)
+  [#1817](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1817)
+  - Added documentation for getSignerMetrics [#1723](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1723) (thanks to [matkt](https://github.com/matkt))
+  - Added Java 11+ as a prerequisite for installing Pantheon using Homebrew. [#1755](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1755)
+  - Fixed documentation formatting and typos [#1718](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1718)
+  [#1742](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1742)
+  [#1763](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1763)
+  [#1779](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1779)
+  [#1781](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1781)
+  [#1827](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1827)
+  [#1767](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1767) (thanks to [helderjnpinto](https://github.com/helderjnpinto))
+  - Moved the docs to a [new doc repos](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/doc.pantheon) [#1822](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1822)
+- Explicitly configure some maven artifactIds [#1853](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1853)
+- Update export subcommand to export blocks in rlp format [#1852](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1852)
+- Implement `eth_getproof` JSON RPC API [#1824](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1824)
+- Database versioning and enable multi-column database [#1830](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1830)
+- Disable Istanbul block [#1849](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/)
+- Disable smoke tests on windows [#1847](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/1847)
+- Add read-only blockchain factory method [#1845](https://github.com/PegaSysEng/pantheon/pull/)
+
 ## 1.2 
 
 ### Additions and Improvements 

gradle.properties

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1g
-version=1.2.1-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.2.1