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Show All 9 Lines | 1. Check configuration | ||||
- Check that finished tasks / tickets are marked as resolved | - Check that finished tasks / tickets are marked as resolved | ||||
2. Verify tests passed | 2. Verify tests passed | ||||
- Any known issues or limitations should be documented in release notes | - Any known issues or limitations should be documented in release notes | ||||
- Known bugs should have tickets | - Known bugs should have tickets | ||||
- Run `arc lint --everything` and check there is no linter error | - Run `arc lint --everything` and check there is no linter error | ||||
- Ensure that bitcoind and bitcoin-qt run with no issue on all supported platforms. | - Ensure that bitcoind and bitcoin-qt run with no issue on all supported platforms. | ||||
Manually test bitcoin-qt by sending some transactions and navigating through the menus. | Manually test bitcoin-qt by sending some transactions and navigating through the menus. | ||||
3. Update the documents / code which needs to be updated every release | 3. Update the documents / code which needs to be updated every release | ||||
- Check that doc/release-notes.md is complete, and fill in any missing items. | - Check that doc/release-notes.md is complete, and fill in any missing items. | ||||
- Update [bips.md](/doc/bips.md) to account for changes since the last release. | - Update [bips.md](/doc/bips.md) to account for changes since the last release. | ||||
- (major releases) Update [`BLOCK_CHAIN_SIZE`](/src/qt/intro.cpp) to the current size plus | - (major releases) Update [`BLOCK_CHAIN_SIZE`](/src/qt/intro.cpp) to the current size plus | ||||
some overhead. | some overhead. | ||||
- Update `src/chainparamsconstants.h` per [contrib/devtools/chainparams/README.md](contrib/devtools/chainparams/README.md) | - Update `src/chainparamsconstants.h` per [contrib/devtools/chainparams/README.md](contrib/devtools/chainparams/README.md) | ||||
- Regenerate manpages (run `contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh`, or for out-of-tree builds run | - Regenerate manpages (run `contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh`, or for out-of-tree builds run | ||||
`BUILDDIR=$PWD/build contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh`). | `BUILDDIR=$PWD/build contrib/devtools/gen-manpages.sh`). | ||||
- Update seeds as per [contrib/seeds/README.md](/contrib/seeds/README.md). | - Update seeds as per [contrib/seeds/README.md](/contrib/seeds/README.md). | ||||
4. Add git tag for release | 4. Add git tag for release | ||||
a. Create the tag: `git tag vM.m.r` (M = major version, m = minor version, r = revision) | a. Create the tag: `git tag vM.m.r` (M = major version, m = minor version, r = revision) | ||||
b. Push the tag to Github: | b. Push the tag to Github: | ||||
``` | ``` | ||||
git push <github remote> master | git push <github remote> master | ||||
git push <github remote> vM.m.r | git push <github remote> vM.m.r | ||||
``` | ``` | ||||
5. Increment version number for the next release in: | 5. Increment version number for the next release: | ||||
- doc/release-notes.md (and copy existing one to versioned doc/release-notes/*.md) | - `contrib/devtools/update-version.sh` | ||||
- configure.ac | - Bump version in `contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py` (only after a new major release) | ||||
- CMakeLists.txt | |||||
- contrib/gitian-descriptors/*.yml (before a new major release) | |||||
- contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py (only after a new major release) | |||||
## Release | ## Release | ||||
6. Create Gitian Builds (see [gitian-building.md](/doc/gitian-building.md)) | 6. Create Gitian Builds (see [gitian-building.md](/doc/gitian-building.md)) | ||||
7. Verify matching Gitian Builds, gather signatures | 7. Verify matching Gitian Builds, gather signatures | ||||
8. Verify IBD bith with and without `-checkpoints=0 -assumevalid=0` | 8. Verify IBD bith with and without `-checkpoints=0 -assumevalid=0` | ||||
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