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authorWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2014-08-04 09:47:59 +0200
committerWladimir J. van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>2014-08-04 09:53:21 +0200
commite1eb741e342ef25e510db6c06935afc4116abd74 (patch)
treebe53a3f51b9ac5eed191dc542ab26fde5c6aae26 /doc/release-process.md
parent6278bd57c662e29b07df9db50c47095c0bb44a82 (diff)
doc: Modernize steps to be followed after release
Remove old references to sourceforge, add what actually should be done and provide some more details.
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@@ -156,24 +156,6 @@ repackage gitian builds for release as stand-alone zip/tar/installer exe
###Next steps:
-* Code-sign Windows -setup.exe (in a Windows virtual machine using signtool)
- Note: only Gavin has the code-signing keys currently.
-
-* upload builds to SourceForge
-
-* create SHA256SUMS for builds, and PGP-sign it
-
-* update bitcoin.org version
- make sure all OS download links go to the right versions
-
-* update download sizes on bitcoin.org/_templates/download.html
-
-* update forum version
-
-* update wiki download links
-
-* update wiki changelog: [https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Changelog](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Changelog)
-
Commit your signature to gitian.sigs:
pushd gitian.sigs
@@ -186,18 +168,50 @@ Commit your signature to gitian.sigs:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-### After 3 or more people have gitian-built, repackage gitian-signed zips:
+### After 3 or more people have gitian-built and their results match:
-- Upload gitian zips to SourceForge
+- Perform code-signing.
-- Announce the release:
+ - Code-sign Windows -setup.exe (in a Windows virtual machine using signtool)
+
+ - Code-sign MacOSX .dmg
+
+ Note: only Gavin has the code-signing keys currently.
- - Add the release to bitcoin.org: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/tree/master/_releases
+- Create `SHA256SUMS.asc` for builds, and PGP-sign it. This is done manually.
+ Include all the files to be uploaded. The file has `sha256sum` format with a
+ simple header at the top:
+
+```
+Hash: SHA256
+
+0060f7d38b98113ab912d4c184000291d7f026eaf77ca5830deec15059678f54 bitcoin-x.y.z-linux.tar.gz
+...
+```
+
+- Upload zips and installers, as well as `SHA256SUMS.asc` from last step, to the bitcoin.org server
+
+- Update bitcoin.org version
+
+ - Make a pull request to add a file named `YYYY-MM-DD-vX.Y.Z.md` with the release notes
+ to https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/tree/master/_releases
+ ([Example for 0.9.2.1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.org/master/_releases/2014-06-19-v0.9.2.1.md)).
+
+ - After the pull request is merged, the website will automatically show the newest version, as well
+ as update the OS download links. Ping Saivann in case anything goes wrong
+
+- Announce the release:
- Release sticky on bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0
- Bitcoin-development mailing list
- - Optionally reddit /r/Bitcoin, ...
+ - Update title of #bitcoin on Freenode IRC
+
+ - Optionally reddit /r/Bitcoin, ... but this will usually sort out itself
+
+- Notify BlueMatt so that he can start building [https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin](the PPAs)
+
+- Add release notes for the new version to the directory `doc/release-notes` in git master
- Celebrate