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authorfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2023-06-29 17:15:51 +0100
committerfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2023-07-25 13:34:20 +0100
commitbd5ae6c66317de39195ddb38cea3ca05bbd99275 (patch)
tree675b2079fc9deaec2ff0d4bd6ef82f111c9c1d8b /doc
parentd99ba3cc01360f3d251a1d55c73c501822f83c67 (diff)
doc: misc changes in release-process
Nobody is pushing direct to guix.sigs, nor should they, as that bypasses CI. Use a newer example for the testing issue. Don't duplicate the bitcoincore.org doc instructions.
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diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md
index e5a4c5809c..c7a8998b8b 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.md
+++ b/doc/release-process.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Release Process
- Update the versions.
- Create the draft, named "*version* Release Notes Draft", as a [collaborative wiki](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/_new).
- Clear the release notes: `cp doc/release-notes-empty-template.md doc/release-notes.md`
-- Create a pinned meta-issue for testing the release candidate (see [this issue](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/17079) for an example) and provide a link to it in the release announcements where useful.
+- Create a pinned meta-issue for testing the release candidate (see [this issue](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27621) for an example) and provide a link to it in the release announcements where useful.
- Translations on Transifex
- Change the auto-update URL for the new major version's resource away from `master` and to the branch, e.g. `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/<branch>/src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.xlf`. Do not forget this or it will keep tracking the translations on master instead, drifting away from the specific major release.
- Prune inputs from the qa-assets repo (See [pruning
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Release Process
To tag the version (or release candidate) in git, use the `make-tag.py` script from [bitcoin-maintainer-tools](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools). From the root of the repository run:
- ../bitcoin-maintainer-tools/make-tag.py v(new version, e.g. 23.0)
+ ../bitcoin-maintainer-tools/make-tag.py v(new version, e.g. 25.0)
This will perform a few last-minute consistency checks in the build system files, and if they pass, create a signed tag.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ For the period during which the notes are being edited on the wiki, the version
Generate list of authors:
- git log --format='- %aN' v(current version, e.g. 24.0)..v(new version, e.g. 24.1) | grep -v 'merge-script' | sort -fiu
+ git log --format='- %aN' v(current version, e.g. 25.0)..v(new version, e.g. 25.1) | grep -v 'merge-script' | sort -fiu
### Setup and perform Guix builds
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Checkout the Bitcoin Core version you'd like to build:
```sh
pushd ./bitcoin
SIGNER='(your builder key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc)'
-VERSION='(new version without v-prefix, e.g. 24.0)'
+VERSION='(new version without v-prefix, e.g. 25.0)'
git fetch origin "v${VERSION}"
git checkout "v${VERSION}"
popd
@@ -142,10 +142,11 @@ Follow the relevant Guix README.md sections:
pushd ./guix.sigs
git add "${VERSION}/${SIGNER}"/noncodesigned.SHA256SUMS{,.asc}
git commit -m "Add attestations by ${SIGNER} for ${VERSION} non-codesigned"
-git push # Assuming you can push to the guix.sigs tree
popd
```
+Then open a Pull Request to the [guix.sigs repository](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/guix.sigs).
+
## Codesigning
### macOS codesigner only: Create detached macOS signatures (assuming [signapple](https://github.com/achow101/signapple/) is installed and up to date with master branch)
@@ -200,10 +201,11 @@ popd
pushd ./guix.sigs
git add "${VERSION}/${SIGNER}"/all.SHA256SUMS{,.asc}
git commit -m "Add attestations by ${SIGNER} for ${VERSION} codesigned"
-git push # Assuming you can push to the guix.sigs tree
popd
```
+Then open a Pull Request to the [guix.sigs repository](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/guix.sigs).
+
## After 3 or more people have guix-built and their results match
Combine the `all.SHA256SUMS.asc` file from all signers into `SHA256SUMS.asc`:
@@ -266,17 +268,7 @@ cat "$VERSION"/*/all.SHA256SUMS.asc > SHA256SUMS.asc
- bitcoincore.org RPC documentation update
- - Install [golang](https://golang.org/doc/install)
-
- - Install the new Bitcoin Core release
-
- - Run bitcoind on regtest
-
- - Clone the [bitcoincore.org repository](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoincore.org)
-
- - Run: `go run generate.go` while being in `contrib/doc-gen` folder, and with bitcoin-cli in PATH
-
- - Add the generated files to git
+ - See https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoincore.org/blob/master/contrib/doc-gen/
- Update packaging repo