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diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index 3ba622ee6d..9fcd5e2298 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ 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#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`) Before every minor and major release: * Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release. -* Update version in `configure.ac` (don't forget to set `CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true`) +* Update version in `configure.ac` (don't forget to set `CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE` to `true`) (don't forget to set `CLIENT_VERSION_RC` to `0`) * Write release notes (see below) * Update `src/chainparams.cpp` nMinimumChainWork with information from the getblockchaininfo rpc. * Update `src/chainparams.cpp` defaultAssumeValid with information from the getblockhash rpc. @@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ Before every minor and major release: 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. -* Update [`BLOCK_CHAIN_SIZE`](/src/qt/intro.cpp) to the current size plus some overhead. +* Update [`src/chainparams.cpp`](/src/chainparams.cpp) m_assumed_blockchain_size and m_assumed_chain_state_size with the current size plus some overhead. * Update `src/chainparams.cpp` chainTxData with statistics about the transaction count and rate. Use the output of the RPC `getchaintxstats`, see [this pull request](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/12270) for an example. Reviewers can verify the results by running `getchaintxstats <window_block_count> <window_last_block_hash>` with the `window_block_count` and `window_last_block_hash` from your output. * Update version of `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 @@ -86,7 +87,9 @@ Ensure gitian-builder is up-to-date: 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 + echo 'a8c4e9cafba922f89de0df1f2152e7be286aba73f78505169bc351a7938dd911 inputs/osslsigncode-Backports-to-1.7.1.patch' | sha256sum -c + wget -P inputs https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/osslsigncode/osslsigncode/osslsigncode-1.7.1.tar.gz + echo 'f9a8cdb38b9c309326764ebc937cba1523a3a751a7ab05df3ecc99d18ae466c9 inputs/osslsigncode-1.7.1.tar.gz' | sha256sum -c popd Create the macOS SDK tarball, see the [macOS readme](README_osx.md) for details, and copy it into the inputs directory. @@ -296,6 +299,8 @@ bitcoin.org (see below for bitcoin.org update instructions). - bitcoincore.org blog post + - bitcoincore.org RPC documentation update + - Update title of #bitcoin on Freenode IRC - Optionally twitter, reddit /r/Bitcoin, ... but this will usually sort out itself |