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diff --git a/contrib/README.md b/contrib/README.md index 32b3a170ac..a23b197cc6 100644 --- a/contrib/README.md +++ b/contrib/README.md @@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ Test and Verify Tools ### [TestGen](/contrib/testgen) ### Utilities to generate test vectors for the data-driven Bitcoin tests. -### [Verify SF Binaries](/contrib/verifysfbinaries) ### -This script attempts to download and verify the signature file SHA256SUMS.asc from SourceForge. +### [Verify Binaries](/contrib/verifybinaries) ### +This script attempts to download and verify the signature file SHA256SUMS.asc from bitcoin.org. diff --git a/contrib/verifysfbinaries/README.md b/contrib/verifybinaries/README.md index 1db3fe52fc..8970f3daa4 100644 --- a/contrib/verifysfbinaries/README.md +++ b/contrib/verifybinaries/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@ -### Verify Binaries ### +### Verify Binaries This script attempts to download the signature file `SHA256SUMS.asc` from https://bitcoin.org. It first checks if the signature passes, and then downloads the files specified in the file, and checks if the hashes of these files match those that are specified in the signature file. The script returns 0 if everything passes the checks. It returns 1 if either the signature check or the hash check doesn't pass. If an error occurs the return value is 2. + +Usage: + +```sh +./verify.sh bitcoin-core-0.11.2 +./verify.sh bitcoin-core-0.12.0 +``` diff --git a/contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh b/contrib/verifybinaries/verify.sh index 847c507553..657c3bd33c 100755 --- a/contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh +++ b/contrib/verifybinaries/verify.sh @@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ BASEDIR="https://bitcoin.org/bin/" VERSIONPREFIX="bitcoin-core-" RCVERSIONSTRING="rc" -#this URL is used if a version number is not specified as an argument to the script -SIGNATUREFILE="$BASEDIR""$VERSIONPREFIX""0.10.4/""$RCSUBDIR""$SIGNATUREFILENAME" - if [ ! -d "$WORKINGDIR" ]; then mkdir "$WORKINGDIR" fi @@ -53,7 +50,8 @@ if [ -n "$1" ]; then SIGNATUREFILE="$BASEDIR$SIGNATUREFILENAME" else - BASEDIR="${SIGNATUREFILE%/*}/" + echo "Error: need to specify a version on the command line" + exit 2 fi #first we fetch the file containing the signature diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 73ad13e722..7a673cc350 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -1,6 +1,21 @@ (note: this is a temporary file, to be added-to by anybody, and moved to release-notes at release time) +Bitcoin Core version *version* is now available from: + + <https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-*version*/> + +This is a new major version release, including new features, various bugfixes +and performance improvements, as well as updated translations. + +Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: + + <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues> + +To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: + + <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/> + Notable changes =============== diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index 5a6ac8482b..34dead86bc 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -1,181 +1,228 @@ Release Process ==================== -* 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) +Before every release candidate: + +* Update translations (ping wumpus on IRC) see [translation_process.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/translation_process.md#syncing-with-transifex) + +Before every minor and major release: + * Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release. -* Update hardcoded [seeds](/contrib/seeds) +* Update version in sources (see below) +* Write release notes (see below) + +Before every major release: -* * * +* Update hardcoded [seeds](/contrib/seeds/README.md), see [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/7415) for an example. + +### First time / New builders -###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 + 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 + +### Bitcoin maintainers/release engineers, update version in sources + +Update the following: + +- `configure.ac`: + - `_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR` + - `_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR` + - `_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION` + - Don't forget to set `_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true` +- `src/clientversion.h`: (this mirrors `configure.ac` - see issue #3539) + - `CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR` + - `CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR` + - `CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION` + - Don't forget to set `CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true` +- `doc/README.md` and `doc/README_windows.txt` +- `doc/Doxyfile`: `PROJECT_NUMBER` contains the full version +- `contrib/gitian-descriptors/*.yml`: usually one'd want to do this on master after branching off the release - but be sure to at least do it before a new major release -###Bitcoin maintainers/release engineers, update (commit) version in sources +Write release notes. git shortlog helps a lot, for example: - pushd ./bitcoin - contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh - configure.ac - doc/README* - doc/Doxyfile - contrib/gitian-descriptors/*.yml - src/clientversion.h (change CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE to true) + git shortlog --no-merges v(current version, e.g. 0.7.2)..v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) - # tag version in git +(or ping @wumpus on IRC, he has specific tooling to generate the list of merged pulls +and sort them into categories based on labels) - git tag -s v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) +Generate list of authors: - # write release notes. git shortlog helps a lot, for example: + git log --format='%aN' "$*" | sort -ui | sed -e 's/^/- /' - git shortlog --no-merges v(current version, e.g. 0.7.2)..v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) - popd +Tag version (or release candidate) in git -* * * + git tag -s v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) -###Setup and perform Gitian builds +### Setup and perform Gitian builds - Setup Gitian descriptors: +Setup Gitian descriptors: - pushd ./bitcoin - export SIGNER=(your Gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc) - export VERSION=(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) - git fetch - git checkout v${VERSION} - popd + pushd ./bitcoin + export SIGNER=(your Gitian key, ie bluematt, sipa, etc) + export VERSION=(new version, e.g. 0.8.0) + git fetch + 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 + pushd ./gitian.sigs + git pull + popd - Ensure gitian-builder is up-to-date to take advantage of new caching features (`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 + pushd ./gitian-builder + git pull + popd -###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 + pushd ./gitian-builder + 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 + popd - Register and download the Apple SDK: see [OS X readme](README_osx.txt) for details. +Register and download the Apple SDK: see [OS X 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 +https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/xcode_6.1.1/xcode_6.1.1.dmg - Using a Mac, create a tarball for the 10.9 SDK and copy it to the inputs directory: +Using a Mac, create a tarball for the 10.9 SDK and copy it to the inputs directory: - tar -C /Volumes/Xcode/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/ -czf MacOSX10.9.sdk.tar.gz MacOSX10.9.sdk + tar -C /Volumes/Xcode/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/ -czf MacOSX10.9.sdk.tar.gz MacOSX10.9.sdk -###Optional: Seed the Gitian sources cache and offline git repositories +### Optional: Seed the Gitian sources cache and offline git repositories By default, Gitian will fetch source files as needed. To cache them ahead of time: - make -C ../bitcoin/depends download SOURCES_PATH=`pwd`/cache/common + pushd ./gitian-builder + make -C ../bitcoin/depends download SOURCES_PATH=`pwd`/cache/common + popd Only missing files will be fetched, so this is safe to re-run for each build. NOTE: Offline builds must use the --url flag to ensure Gitian fetches only from local URLs. For example: -``` -./bin/gbuild --url bitcoin=/path/to/bitcoin,signature=/path/to/sigs {rest of arguments} -``` + + pushd ./gitian-builder + ./bin/gbuild --url bitcoin=/path/to/bitcoin,signature=/path/to/sigs {rest of arguments} + popd + The gbuild invocations below <b>DO NOT DO THIS</b> by default. -###Build and sign Bitcoin Core for Linux, Windows, and OS X: +### Build and sign Bitcoin Core for Linux, Windows, and OS X: - ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-linux --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml + pushd ./gitian-builder + ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-linux --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml mv build/out/bitcoin-*.tar.gz build/out/src/bitcoin-*.tar.gz ../ - ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml + ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml mv build/out/bitcoin-*-win-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/bitcoin-win-unsigned.tar.gz mv build/out/bitcoin-*.zip build/out/bitcoin-*.exe ../ - ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml + ./bin/gbuild --commit bitcoin=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml mv build/out/bitcoin-*-osx-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/bitcoin-osx-unsigned.tar.gz mv build/out/bitcoin-*.tar.gz build/out/bitcoin-*.dmg ../ + popd - Build output expected: +Build output expected: - 1. source tarball (bitcoin-${VERSION}.tar.gz) - 2. linux 32-bit and 64-bit dist tarballs (bitcoin-${VERSION}-linux[32|64].tar.gz) - 3. windows 32-bit and 64-bit unsigned installers and dist zips (bitcoin-${VERSION}-win[32|64]-setup-unsigned.exe, bitcoin-${VERSION}-win[32|64].zip) - 4. OS X unsigned installer and dist tarball (bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx-unsigned.dmg, bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx64.tar.gz) - 5. Gitian signatures (in gitian.sigs/${VERSION}-<linux|{win,osx}-unsigned>/(your Gitian key)/ + 1. source tarball (`bitcoin-${VERSION}.tar.gz`) + 2. linux 32-bit and 64-bit dist tarballs (`bitcoin-${VERSION}-linux[32|64].tar.gz`) + 3. windows 32-bit and 64-bit unsigned installers and dist zips (`bitcoin-${VERSION}-win[32|64]-setup-unsigned.exe`, `bitcoin-${VERSION}-win[32|64].zip`) + 4. OS X unsigned installer and dist tarball (`bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx-unsigned.dmg`, `bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx64.tar.gz`) + 5. Gitian signatures (in `gitian.sigs/${VERSION}-<linux|{win,osx}-unsigned>/(your Gitian key)/`) -###Verify other gitian builders signatures to your own. (Optional) +### Verify other gitian builders signatures to your own. (Optional) - Add other gitian builders keys to your gpg keyring +Add other gitian builders keys to your gpg keyring - gpg --import ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-keys/*.pgp + gpg --import bitcoin/contrib/gitian-keys/*.pgp - Verify the signatures +Verify the signatures - ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-linux ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml - ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-win-unsigned ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml - ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml + pushd ./gitian-builder + ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-linux ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml + ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-win-unsigned ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml + ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml + popd - popd - -###Next steps: +### Next steps: Commit your signature to gitian.sigs: - pushd gitian.sigs - git add ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER} - git add ${VERSION}-win-unsigned/${SIGNER} - git add ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned/${SIGNER} - git commit -a - git push # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree - popd - - Wait for Windows/OS X detached signatures: - Once the Windows/OS X 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](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 OS X binary: - - pushd ./gitian-builder - ./bin/gbuild -i --commit signature=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml - ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-osx-signed ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml - mv build/out/bitcoin-osx-signed.dmg ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx.dmg - popd - - Create (and optionally verify) the signed Windows binaries: - - pushd ./gitian-builder - ./bin/gbuild -i --commit signature=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml - ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml - ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-win-signed ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml - mv build/out/bitcoin-*win64-setup.exe ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-win64-setup.exe - mv build/out/bitcoin-*win32-setup.exe ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-win32-setup.exe - popd + pushd gitian.sigs + git add ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER} + git add ${VERSION}-win-unsigned/${SIGNER} + git add ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned/${SIGNER} + git commit -a + git push # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree + popd -Commit your signature for the signed OS X/Windows binaries: +Wait for Windows/OS X detached signatures: + +- Once the Windows/OS X 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](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 OS X binary: - pushd gitian.sigs - git add ${VERSION}-osx-signed/${SIGNER} - git add ${VERSION}-win-signed/${SIGNER} - git commit -a - git push # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree - popd + pushd ./gitian-builder + ./bin/gbuild -i --commit signature=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml + ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-osx-signed ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml + mv build/out/bitcoin-osx-signed.dmg ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx.dmg + popd -------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Create (and optionally verify) the signed Windows binaries: + + pushd ./gitian-builder + ./bin/gbuild -i --commit signature=v${VERSION} ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml + ./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml + ./bin/gverify -v -d ../gitian.sigs/ -r ${VERSION}-win-signed ../bitcoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml + mv build/out/bitcoin-*win64-setup.exe ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-win64-setup.exe + mv build/out/bitcoin-*win32-setup.exe ../bitcoin-${VERSION}-win32-setup.exe + popd + +Commit your signature for the signed OS X/Windows binaries: + + pushd gitian.sigs + git add ${VERSION}-osx-signed/${SIGNER} + git add ${VERSION}-win-signed/${SIGNER} + git commit -a + git push # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree + popd ### After 3 or more people have gitian-built and their results match: - Create `SHA256SUMS.asc` for the builds, and GPG-sign it: + ```bash sha256sum * > SHA256SUMS +``` + +The list of files should be: +``` +bitcoin-${VERSION}-linux32.tar.gz +bitcoin-${VERSION}-linux64.tar.gz +bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx64.tar.gz +bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx.dmg +bitcoin-${VERSION}.tar.gz +bitcoin-${VERSION}-win32-setup.exe +bitcoin-${VERSION}-win32.zip +bitcoin-${VERSION}-win64-setup.exe +bitcoin-${VERSION}-win64.zip +``` + +- GPG-sign it, delete the unsigned file: +``` gpg --digest-algo sha256 --clearsign SHA256SUMS # outputs SHA256SUMS.asc rm SHA256SUMS ``` @@ -185,6 +232,15 @@ Note: check that SHA256SUMS itself doesn't end up in SHA256SUMS, which is a spur - Upload zips and installers, as well as `SHA256SUMS.asc` from last step, to the bitcoin.org server into `/var/www/bin/bitcoin-core-${VERSION}` +- A `.torrent` will appear in the directory after a few minutes. Optionally help seed this torrent. To get the `magnet:` URI use: +```bash +transmission-show -m <torrent file> +``` +Insert the magnet URI into the announcement sent to mailing lists. This permits +people without access to `bitcoin.org` to download the binary distribution. +Also put it into the `optional_magnetlink:` slot in the YAML file for +bitcoin.org (see below for bitcoin.org update instructions). + - Update bitcoin.org version - First, check to see if the Bitcoin.org maintainers have prepared a @@ -202,16 +258,18 @@ Note: check that SHA256SUMS itself doesn't end up in SHA256SUMS, which is a spur - Announce the release: - - Release sticky on bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0 + - bitcoin-dev and bitcoin-core-dev mailing list + + - Bitcoin Core announcements list https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/ - - Bitcoin-development mailing list + - bitcoincore.org blog post - Update title of #bitcoin on Freenode IRC - - Optionally reddit /r/Bitcoin, ... but this will usually sort out itself + - Optionally twitter, reddit /r/Bitcoin, ... but this will usually sort out itself -- Notify BlueMatt so that he can start building [the PPAs](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin) + - Notify BlueMatt so that he can start building [the PPAs](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin) -- Add release notes for the new version to the directory `doc/release-notes` in git master + - Add release notes for the new version to the directory `doc/release-notes` in git master -- Celebrate + - Celebrate |