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authorfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2022-02-21 14:17:25 +0000
committerfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2022-02-21 14:17:40 +0000
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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#24263: doc: Fix gen-manpages, rewrite in Python
87f54060ffffdb56c97594efdca378bace5323df doc: Swap gen-manpages and update RC steps in release process (laanwj) 42c202893b879d1bda54624d44c90b28143fc167 doc: Fix gen-manpages, rewrite in Python (laanwj) Pull request description: Rewrite the manual page generation script in Python. This: - solves '-' stripping issue (fixes #22681) - makes that a copyright footer is generated correctly again Also change the release process to swap gen-manpages and update RC steps, so that the pages will have the correct rc and/or final version. ACKs for top commit: dongcarl: Code Review ACK 87f54060ffffdb56c97594efdca378bace5323df fanquake: ACK 87f54060ffffdb56c97594efdca378bace5323df - tested generating and opening the man pages locally, but didn't run through the release process. Will propose some changes to address consolidating the help / version output. Tree-SHA512: 39254721ca84e4f223a321c554f2e08c36428b15019a0f9fa3eff408b4c6f1e1d74941143f4d2927427afa3ad7a7e6f999d6ec660132d817809b640a87ae9f7d
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### Before every release candidate
* Update translations see [translation_process.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#synchronising-translations).
-* Update manpages, see [gen-manpages.sh](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/devtools/README.md#gen-manpagessh).
* Update release candidate version in `configure.ac` (`CLIENT_VERSION_RC`).
+* Update manpages (after rebuilding the binaries), see [gen-manpages.py](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/devtools/README.md#gen-manpagespy).
### Before every major and minor release
* Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release (don't forget to bump the version number on the first line).
* Update version in `configure.ac` (don't forget to set `CLIENT_VERSION_RC` to `0`).
+* Update manpages (see previous section)
* Write release notes (see "Write the release notes" below).
### Before every major release