diff --git a/doc/release-process.md b/doc/release-process.md index 900374eda..518a7b3e5 100644 --- a/doc/release-process.md +++ b/doc/release-process.md @@ -1,63 +1,64 @@ Bitcoin ABC Release Process =========================== ## Before Release 1. Check configuration - Check features planned for the release are implemented and documented (or more informally, that the Release Manager agrees it is feature complete) - Check that finished tasks / tickets are marked as resolved 2. Verify tests passed - any known issues or limitations should be documented in release notes - known bugs should have tickets 3. Update the documents / code which needs to be updated every release - Fill in doc/release-notes.md (copy existing one to versioned doc/release-notes/*.md document and update doc/release-notes.md) - Update [bips.md](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 some overhead. - Update `src/chainparams.cpp` defaultAssumeValid with information from the getblockhash rpc. - The selected value must not be orphaned so it may be useful to set the value two blocks back from the tip. - Testnet should be set some tens of thousands back from the tip due to reorgs there. - This update should be reviewed with a reindex-chainstate with assumevalid=0 to catch any defect that causes rejection of blocks in the past history. 4. Increment version number in: - doc/Doxyfile - doc/release-notes.md - configure.ac + - src/config/CMakeLists.txt - src/test/net_tests.cpp - src/clientversion.h - contrib/gitian-descriptors/*.yml (before a new major release) 5. Add git tag for release ## Release 6. Create Gitian Builds (see doc/gitian-building.md), notify PPA buildmaster to start creating Ubuntu PPAs 7. Verify matching gitian builds, gather signatures 8. Upload gitian build to [bitcoinabc.org](https://download.bitcoinabc.org/) 9. Re-verify the uploads (make sure that downloading them, their checksums are ok) 10. Create a [GitHub release](https://github.com/Bitcoin-ABC/bitcoin-abc/releases) ## After Release 11. Update version number on www.bitcoinabc.org 12. Publish signed checksums (various places, e.g. blog, reddit/r/BitcoinABC) 13. Announce Release: - [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinABC/) - Twitter @Bitcoin_ABC - Public slack channels friendly to Bitcoin ABC announcements (eg. #abc-announce on BTCforks, #hardfork on BTCchat)