@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ Here's a checklist for the release process.
1. Check that CHANGELOG.md is well formatted, ordered in areas,
covers all signficant changes, and sub-ordered approximately by user impact
& coolness.
2. Update the CHANGELOG.md with [Unreleased] changed to -rc1, and add a new
footnote.
2. Update the CHANGELOG.md with [Unreleased] changed to -rc1.
3. Create a PR with the above.
### Releasing -rc1
@ -28,21 +27,35 @@ Here's a checklist for the release process.
3. Update the /topic on #c -lightning on Freenode.
4. Prepare draft release notes (see devtools/credit), and share with team for editing.
5. Upgrade your personal nodes to the rc1, to help testing.
6. Test `tools/build-release.sh` to build the non-reprodicible images
and reproducible zipfile.
7. Use the zipfile to produce a [reproducible build ](REPRODUCIBLE.md ).
### Releasing -rc2, etc
1. Change rc1 to rc2 in CHANGELOG.md.
2. Add a PR with the rc2.
3. Tag it `git pull && git tag -s v<VERSION>rc2 && git push --tags`
4. Update the /topic on #c -lightning on Freenode.
5. Upgrade your personal nodes to the rc2.
### Tagging the Release
1. Update the CHANGELOG.md; remove -rc1 in both places, and move the
[Unreleased] footnote URL from the previous version to the
about-to-be-released version.
2. Commit that, then `git tag -s v<VERSION> && git push --tags` .
3. Run `tools/build-release.sh` to create the images, `SHA256SUMS` and
signatures into release/.
4. Upload the files resulting files to github and
1. Update the CHANGELOG.md; remove -rcN in both places, and add an
[Unreleased] footnote URL from this new version to HEAD.
2. Add a PR with that release.
3. Merge the PR, then `git pull && git tag -s v<VERSION> && git push --tags` .
4. Run `tools/build-release.sh` to build the non-reprodicible images
and reproducible zipfile.
5. Use the zipfile to produce a [reproducible build ](REPRODUCIBLE.md ).
6. Create the checksums for signing: `sha256sum release/* > release/SHA256SUMS`
7. Create the first signature with `gpg -sb --armor release/SHA256SUMS`
8. Upload the files resulting files to github and
save as a draft.
(https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning/releases/)
5. Ping the rest of the team to check the SHA256SUMS file and have them
9 . Ping the rest of the team to check the SHA256SUMS file and have them send their
`gpg -sb --armor SHA256SUMS` .
6 . Append the signatures into a file called `SHA256SUMS.asc` , verify
10 . Append the signatures into a file called `SHA256SUMS.asc` , verify
with `gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.asc` and include the file in the draft
release.