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author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2015-10-15 12:54:06 +0200 |
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committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com> | 2015-10-15 12:54:13 +0200 |
commit | 8ce992063510b38fe7de89bec7af1d33aeeb5c93 (patch) | |
tree | 77bf87aa3176253952993bc1d804d890e816bc10 | |
parent | fa6b405f059444840eaa5022241cd29421bff994 (diff) | |
parent | a0d5e0d2f488a6249e01d00cbf864ca0e81894e3 (diff) | |
download | bitcoin-8ce992063510b38fe7de89bec7af1d33aeeb5c93.tar.xz |
Merge pull request #6817
a0d5e0d [doc] Cleanup release-process documentation (Michael)
-rw-r--r-- | doc/release-process.md | 47 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index 1bfdb8fabd..a562c98dbe 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ Release Process ==================== -* update translations (ping wumpus, Diapolo or tcatm on IRC) -* see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#syncing-with-transifex +* Update translations (ping wumpus, Diapolo or tcatm on IRC) see [translation_process.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#syncing-with-transifex) +* Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release. * * * -###first time only or for new builders, check out the source in the following directory hierarchy +###First time / New builders +Check out the source code in the following directory hierarchy. cd /path/to/your/toplevel/build git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/gitian.sigs.git + git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-detached-sigs.git git clone https://github.com/devrandom/gitian-builder.git git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git -###for bitcoin maintainers/release engineers, update (commit) version in sources +###Bitcoin maintainers/release engineers, update (commit) version in sources pushd ./bitcoin contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh @@ -21,20 +23,20 @@ Release Process share/setup.nsi src/clientversion.h (change CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE to true) -###for bitcoin maintainers/release engineers, tag version in git + # tag version in git git tag -s v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) -###for bitcoin maintainers/release engineers, write release notes. git shortlog helps a lot, for example: + # write release notes. git shortlog helps a lot, for example: git shortlog --no-merges v(current version, e.g. 0.7.2)..v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) popd * * * -###update gitian, gitian.sigs, checkout bitcoin version, and perform gitian builds +###Setup and perform gitian builds - To ensure your gitian descriptors are accurate for direct reference for gbuild, below, run the following from a directory containing the bitcoin source: + Setup gitian descriptors: pushd ./bitcoin export SIGNER=(your gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc) @@ -42,24 +44,24 @@ Release Process git checkout v${VERSION} popd - Ensure your gitian.sigs are up-to-date if you wish to gverify your builds against other gitian signatures: + Ensure your gitian.sigs are up-to-date if you wish to gverify your builds against other gitian signatures. pushd ./gitian.sigs git pull popd - Ensure your gitian-builder sources are up-to-date to take advantage of the new caching features of gitian (`e9741525c` or later is recommended) + Ensure gitian-builder is up-to-date to take advantage of new caching features (`e9741525c` or later is recommended). pushd ./gitian-builder git pull -###fetch and create inputs: (first time, or when dependency versions change) +###Fetch and create inputs: (first time, or when dependency versions change) mkdir -p inputs wget -P inputs https://bitcoincore.org/cfields/osslsigncode-Backports-to-1.7.1.patch wget -P inputs http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/osslsigncode/osslsigncode/osslsigncode-1.7.1.tar.gz - Register and download the Apple SDK: (see OSX Readme for details) + Register and download the Apple SDK: see [OSX readme](README_osx.txt) for details. https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/xcode_6.1.1/xcode_6.1.1.dmg @@ -75,15 +77,11 @@ By default, gitian will fetch source files as needed. To cache them ahead of tim Only missing files will be fetched, so this is safe to re-run for each build. -Clone the detached-sigs repository: - - popd - git clone https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-detached-sigs.git - pushd ./bitcoin-builder - -NOTE: Offline builds must use the --url flag to ensure gitian fetches only from local URLs. -For example: ./bin/bguild --url bitcoin=/path/to/bitcoin,signature=/path/to/sigs {rest of arguments} -The following gbuild invocations DO NOT DO THIS by default. +NOTE: Offline builds must use the --url flag to ensure gitian fetches only from local URLs. For example: +``` +./bin/bguild --url bitcoin=/path/to/bitcoin,signature=/path/to/sigs {rest of arguments} +``` +The gbuild invocations below <b>DO NOT DO THIS</b> by default. ###Build (and optionally verify) Bitcoin Core for Linux, Windows, and OS X: @@ -126,8 +124,9 @@ Commit your signature to gitian.sigs: popd Wait for Windows/OSX detached signatures: + Once the Windows/OSX builds each have 3 matching signatures, they will be signed with their respective release keys. - Detached signatures will then be committed to the bitcoin-detached-sigs repository, which can be combined with the unsigned apps to create signed binaries. + Detached signatures will then be committed to the [bitcoin-detached-sigs](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-detached-sigs) repository, which can be combined with the unsigned apps to create signed binaries. Create (and optionally verify) the signed OSX binary: @@ -176,14 +175,14 @@ Note: check that SHA256SUMS itself doesn't end up in SHA256SUMS, which is a spur - Update bitcoin.org version - First, check to see if the Bitcoin.org maintainers have prepared a - release: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/labels/Releases + release: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/labels/Releases - If they have, it will have previously failed their Travis CI checks because the final release files weren't uploaded. Trigger a Travis CI rebuild---if it passes, merge. - If they have not prepared a release, follow the Bitcoin.org release - instructions: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org#release-notes + instructions: https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org#release-notes - After the pull request is merged, the website will automatically show the newest version within 15 minutes, as well as update the OS download links. Ping @saivann/@harding (saivann/harding on Freenode) in case anything goes wrong |