v2.5.10 stable (#11239)

* ropsten #6631425 foundation #8798209 (#11201)
* [stable] builtin, istanbul and mordor testnet backports (#11234)
  * ethcore-builtin (#10850)
  * [builtin]: support `multiple prices and activations` in chain spec (#11039)
  * [chain specs]: activate `Istanbul` on mainnet (#11228)
  * ethcore/res: add mordor testnet configuration (#11200)
* Update list of bootnodes for xDai chain (#11236)
* ethcore: remove `test-helper feat` from build (#11047)
* Secret store: fix Instant::now() related race in net_keep_alive (#11155) (#11159)
* [stable]: backport #10691 and #10683 (#11143)
  * Fix compiler warning (that will become an error) (#10683)
  * Refactor Clique stepping (#10691)
* Add Constantinople eips to the dev (instant_seal) config (#10809)
* Add cargo-remote dir to .gitignore (?)
* Insert explicit warning into the panic hook (#11225)
* Fix docker centos build (#11226)
* Update MIX bootnodes. (#11203)
* Use provided usd-per-eth value if an endpoint is specified (#11209)
* Add new line after writing block to hex file. (#10984)
* Type annotation for next_key() matching of json filter options (#11192) (but no `FilterOption` in 2.5 so…)
* Upgrade jsonrpc to latest (#11206)
* [CI] check evmbin build (#11096)
* Correct EIP-712 encoding (#11092)
* [client]: Fix for incorrectly dropped consensus messages (#11086)
* Fix block detail updating (#11015)
* Switching sccache from local to Redis (#10971)
* Made ecrecover implementation trait public (#11188)
* [dependencies]: jsonrpc `14.0.1` (#11183)
* [receipt]: add `sender` & `receiver` to `RichReceipts` (#11179)
* [ethcore/builtin]: do not panic in blake2pricer on short input (#11180)
* util Host: fix a double Read Lock bug in fn Host::session_readable() (#11175)
* ethcore client: fix a double Read Lock bug in fn Client::logs() (#11172)
* Change how RPCs eth_call and eth_estimateGas handle "Pending" (#11127)
* Cleanup stratum a bit (#11161)
* Upgrade to jsonrpc v14 (#11151)
* SecretStore: expose restore_key_public in HTTP API (#10241)

ethcore/src/client/traits.rs

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use types::basic_account::BasicAccount;
 use types::block_status::BlockStatus;
 use types::blockchain_info::BlockChainInfo;
 use types::call_analytics::CallAnalytics;
+use types::data_format::DataFormat;
 use types::encoded;
 use types::filter::Filter;
 use types::header::Header;
@@ -144,8 +145,8 @@ pub trait StateClient {
 	/// Type representing chain state
 	type State: StateInfo;
 
-	/// Get a copy of the best block's state.
-	fn latest_state(&self) -> Self::State;
+	/// Get a copy of the best block's state and header.
+	fn latest_state_and_header(&self) -> (Self::State, Header);
 
 	/// Attempt to get a copy of a specific block's final state.
 	///
@@ -422,10 +423,19 @@ pub trait BroadcastProposalBlock {
 /// Provides methods to import sealed block and broadcast a block proposal
 pub trait SealedBlockImporter: ImportSealedBlock + BroadcastProposalBlock {}
 
+/// Do we want to force update sealing?
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum ForceUpdateSealing {
+	/// Ideally you want to use `No` at all times as `Yes` skips `reseal_required` checks.
+	Yes,
+	/// Don't skip `reseal_required` checks
+	No
+}
+
 /// Client facilities used by internally sealing Engines.
 pub trait EngineClient: Sync + Send + ChainInfo {
 	/// Make a new block and seal it.
-	fn update_sealing(&self);
+	fn update_sealing(&self, force: ForceUpdateSealing);
 
 	/// Submit a seal for a block in the mining queue.
 	fn submit_seal(&self, block_hash: H256, seal: Vec<Bytes>);
@@ -477,3 +487,29 @@ pub trait BlockChainReset {
 	/// reset to best_block - n
 	fn reset(&self, num: u32) -> Result<(), String>;
 }
+
+/// Provides a method for importing/exporting blocks
+pub trait ImportExportBlocks {
+    /// Export blocks to destination, with the given from, to and format argument.
+    /// destination could be a file or stdout.
+    /// If the format is hex, each block is written on a new line.
+    /// For binary exports, all block data is written to the same line.
+	fn export_blocks<'a>(
+        &self,
+        destination: Box<dyn std::io::Write + 'a>,
+        from: BlockId,
+        to: BlockId,
+        format: Option<DataFormat>
+    ) -> Result<(), String>;
+
+	/// Import blocks from destination, with the given format argument
+	/// Source could be a file or stdout.
+	/// For hex format imports, it attempts to read the blocks on a line by line basis.
+	/// For binary format imports, reads the 8 byte RLP header in order to decode the block
+	/// length to be read.
+	fn import_blocks<'a>(
+		&self,
+		source: Box<dyn std::io::Read + 'a>,
+		format: Option<DataFormat>
+	) -> Result<(), String>;
+}