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Merge #15821: doc: Remove upgrade note in release notes from EOL versions

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fa346fe883 doc: Remove upgrade note in release notes from EOL versions (MarcoFalke)

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  Remove the bloat on how to upgrade from version that are EOL

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@ -24,14 +24,9 @@ shut down (which might take a few minutes for older versions), then run the
installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac) installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on Mac)
or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux). or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux).
The first time you run version 0.15.0, your chainstate database will be converted to a Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is
new format, which will take anywhere from a few minutes to half an hour, possible, but might take some time if the datadir needs to be migrated. Old
depending on the speed of your machine. wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported.
Note that the block database format also changed in version 0.8.0 and there is no
automatic upgrade code from before version 0.8 to version 0.15.0. Upgrading
directly from 0.7.x and earlier without redownloading the blockchain is not supported.
However, as usual, old wallet versions are still supported.
Downgrading warning Downgrading warning
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