Release Process for v20.0.0

PastaPastaPasta commented 10 months ago

v20.0.0 Release Process

[x] Update translations, see translation_process.md. (@UdjinM6)
[x] Update manpages, see gen-manpages.sh. done: https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/5672

Before every minor and major release:

[x] Update bips.md to account for changes since the last release (@thephez).
[x] Update version in configure.ac (don't forget to set CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE to true) (@PastaPastaPasta) https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/5695
[x] Write Release Notes (@PastaPastaPasta @UdjinM6) https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/5674
[x] Update src/chainparams.cpp nMinimumChainWork with information from the getblockchaininfo rpc. https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/5692
[x] Update src/chainparams.cpp defaultAssumeValid with information from the getblockhash rpc. https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/5692
[x] Update main net activation timing https://github.com/dashpay/dash/pull/5692.
[x] 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. (@ogabrielides) (Checked on both Testnet/Mainnet)
[x] Ensure that governance is functional after sentinel changes are done
[x] Ensure all TODOs are evaluated and resolved if needed (@PastaPastaPasta to create google sheet of all) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pG_3Rggg8e9YPxZneVrb7c7F-x3y6sU4pZNwPRy6hoM/edit#gid=0 (dcg only)
[x] Verify insight works (@strophy)
[x] Verify p2pool works (unmaintained; no responsible party)

Tag the Release

[x] Tag v20.0.0 and push (@PastaPastaPasta)

Check CI

[ ] Validate that CI passes

Do Guix Build (for unsigned binaries) and create PRs

[x] Pasta Guix Build
[x] Udjin Guix Build
[x] Thephez Guix Build
[ ] Kittywhiskers Guix Build
[x] Knst Guix Build

Create Windows/OS X detached signatures (note: it might be decided skip signed binaries for RCs) Only once the Windows/OS X builds each have 3 matching signatures may they be signed with their respective release keys.

[x] Pasta creates windows detached signature and commits
[x] pasta creates OS X detached signature

Update Gitian Builds with signed binaries (note: it might be decided skip signed binaries for RCs)

[x] Pasta Guix Build
[x] Udjin Guix Build
[x] Thephez Guix Build
[ ] Kittywhiskers Guix Build
[x] Knst Guix Build

After 3 or more people have gitian-built and their results match:

[x] Create SHA256SUMS.asc for the builds
[x] GPG sign each download / binary
[x] Upload zips and installers, as well as SHA256SUMS.asc from last step, to github as github draft release.
[x] Validate SHA256SUMS.asc and all binaries attached to github draft release are correct
[x] Notarize OS X binaries (we can't do this) (talk to @tikhop (pavel) about this
[x] Release on github
[x] Update website
[x] Ensure that docker hub images are up to date

Announce the release:

[x] Release on Dash forum: https://www.dash.org/forum/topic/official-announcements.54/ (Patrick)
[x] Optionally Discord, twitter, reddit /r/Dashpay, post in slack... but this will usually sort out itself
[x] Celebrate

After the release

[ ] Submit patches to BTCPay to ensure they use latest / compatible version see https://github.com/dashpay/dash/issues/4211#issuecomment-966608207 (@strophy ?)

Additional Items

[ ] Prepare release blog post (necessary so we have a permalink to use on twitter, reddit, etc.)
[x] Prepare product brief (major versions only?) (@thephez; need to talk with marina and publish this asap)
[ ] Prepare a release announcement tweet (tell Marina)
[ ] Follow-up tweets with any important block heights for consensus changes (Marina again)
[ ] Post on reddit
[ ] Update docs (readme and RTD) (@thephez)
[ ] Test Docker build runs without errors in Dashmate (@shumkov)
[x] Add new Release Process items to in repo release process document (@knst)

thephez commented 10 months ago

@PastaPastaPasta The product brief was published last week on the Dash blog

ogabrielides commented 10 months ago

Reindexed both Mainnet and Tesnet successfully with -assumevalid=0

thephez commented 10 months ago

Updated user docs Updated core docs

strophy commented 9 months ago

BTCPayServer:

Thanks @ktechmidas

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