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@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ 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).
+
Before every minor and major release:
* Update [bips.md](bips.md) to account for changes since the last release.
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ Before every major release:
### First time / New builders
+If you're using the automated script (found in [contrib/gitian-build.sh](/contrib/gitian-build.sh)), then at this point you should run it with the "--setup" command. Otherwise ignore this.
+
Check out the source code in the following directory hierarchy.
cd /path/to/your/toplevel/build
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ Tag version (or release candidate) in git
### Setup and perform Gitian builds
+If you're using the automated script (found in [contrib/gitian-build.sh](/contrib/gitian-build.sh)), then at this point you should run it with the "--build" command. Otherwise ignore this.
+
Setup Gitian descriptors:
pushd ./bitcoin