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@@ -291,24 +291,48 @@ bitcoin.org (see below for bitcoin.org update instructions).
- 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
-- Announce the release:
-
- - bitcoin-dev and bitcoin-core-dev mailing list
-
- - Bitcoin Core announcements list https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/
+- Update other repositories and websites for new version
- bitcoincore.org blog post
- bitcoincore.org RPC documentation update
- - Update title of #bitcoin on Freenode IRC
+ - Update packaging repo
- - 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)
+
+ - Create a new branch for the major release "0.xx" (used to build the snap package)
+
+ - Notify MarcoFalke so that he can start building the snap package
+
+ - https://code.launchpad.net/~bitcoin-core/bitcoin-core-snap/+git/packaging (Click "Import Now" to fetch the branch)
+ - https://code.launchpad.net/~bitcoin-core/bitcoin-core-snap/+git/packaging/+ref/0.xx (Click "Create snap package")
+ - Name it "bitcoin-core-snap-0.xx"
+ - Leave owner and series as-is
+ - Select architectures that are compiled via gitian
+ - Leave "automatically build when branch changes" unticked
+ - Tick "automatically upload to store"
+ - Put "bitcoin-core" in the registered store package name field
+ - Tick the "edge" box
+ - Put "0.xx" in the track field
+ - Click "create snap package"
+ - Click "Request builds" for every new release on this branch (after updating the snapcraft.yml in the branch to reflect the latest gitian results)
+ - Promote release on https://snapcraft.io/bitcoin-core/releases if it passes sanity checks
- - Notify BlueMatt so that he can start building [the PPAs](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin)
+ - This repo
- - Archive release notes for the new version to `doc/release-notes/` (branch `master` and branch of the release)
+ - Archive release notes for the new version to `doc/release-notes/` (branch `master` and branch of the release)
- - Create a [new GitHub release](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/new) with a link to the archived release notes.
+ - Create a [new GitHub release](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/new) with a link to the archived release notes.
+
+- Announce the release:
+
+ - bitcoin-dev and bitcoin-core-dev mailing list
+
+ - Bitcoin Core announcements list https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/
+
+ - Update title of #bitcoin on Freenode IRC
+
+ - Optionally twitter, reddit /r/Bitcoin, ... but this will usually sort out itself
- Celebrate