litecoin/doc/release-process.md

Release Process

###update (commit) version in sources

contrib/verifysfbinaries/verify.sh
doc/README*
share/setup.nsi
src/clientversion.h (change CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE to true)

###tag version in git

git tag -s v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0)

###write release notes. git shortlog helps a lot, for example:

git shortlog --no-merges v(current version, e.g. 0.7.2)..v(new version, e.g. 0.8.0)

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###update Gitian

In order to take advantage of the new caching features in Gitian, be sure to update to a recent version (e9741525c or higher is recommended)

###perform Gitian builds

From a directory containing the litecoin source, gitian-builder and gitian.sigs.ltc

export SIGNER=(your Gitian key, ie wtogami, coblee, etc)
export VERSION=(new version, e.g. 0.8.0)
pushd ./litecoin
git checkout v${VERSION}
popd
pushd ./gitian-builder

###fetch and build inputs: (first time, or when dependency versions change)

mkdir -p inputs

Register and download the Apple SDK: (see OS X Readme for details)

https://developer.apple.com/downloads/download.action?path=Developer_Tools/xcode_6.1.1/xcode_6.1.1.dmg

Using a Mac, create a tarball for the 10.9 SDK and copy it to the inputs directory:

tar -C /Volumes/Xcode/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/ -czf MacOSX10.9.sdk.tar.gz MacOSX10.9.sdk

###Optional: Seed the Gitian sources cache

By default, Gitian will fetch source files as needed. For offline builds, they can be fetched ahead of time:

make -C ../litecoin/depends download SOURCES_PATH=`pwd`/cache/common

Only missing files will be fetched, so this is safe to re-run for each build.

###Build Litecoin Core for Linux, Windows, and OS X:

./bin/gbuild --commit litecoin=v${VERSION} ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-linux --destination ../gitian.sigs.ltc/ ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
mv build/out/litecoin-*.tar.gz build/out/src/litecoin-*.tar.gz ../
./bin/gbuild --commit litecoin=v${VERSION} ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-win --destination ../gitian.sigs.ltc/ ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
mv build/out/litecoin-*.zip build/out/litecoin-*.exe ../
./bin/gbuild --commit litecoin=v${VERSION} ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned --destination ../gitian.sigs.ltc/ ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
mv build/out/litecoin-*-unsigned.tar.gz inputs/litecoin-osx-unsigned.tar.gz
mv build/out/litecoin-*.tar.gz build/out/litecoin-*.dmg ../
popd

Build output expected:

1. source tarball (litecoin-${VERSION}.tar.gz)
2. linux 32-bit and 64-bit binaries dist tarballs (litecoin-${VERSION}-linux[32|64].tar.gz)
3. windows 32-bit and 64-bit installers and dist zips (litecoin-{VERSION}-win[32|64]-setup.exe, litecoin-{VERSION}-win[32|64].zip)
4. OS X unsigned installer (litecoin-${VERSION}-osx-unsigned.dmg)
5. Gitian signatures (in gitian.sigs/${VERSION}-<linux|win|osx-unsigned>/(your Gitian key)/

###Next steps:

Commit your signature to gitian.sigs:

pushd gitian.sigs
git add ${VERSION}-linux/${SIGNER}
git add ${VERSION}-win/${SIGNER}
git add ${VERSION}-osx-unsigned/${SIGNER}
git commit -a
git push  # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree
popd

Wait for OS X detached signature: Once the OS X build has 3 matching signatures, Warren/Coblee will sign it with the apple App-Store key. He will then upload a detached signature to be combined with the unsigned app to create a signed binary.

Create the signed OS X binary:

pushd ./gitian-builder
# Fetch the signature as instructed by Warren/Coblee
cp signature.tar.gz inputs/
./bin/gbuild -i ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
./bin/gsign --signer $SIGNER --release ${VERSION}-osx-signed --destination ../gitian.sigs/ ../litecoin/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
mv build/out/litecoin-osx-signed.dmg ../litecoin-${VERSION}-osx.dmg
popd

Commit your signature for the signed OS X binary:

pushd gitian.sigs
git add ${VERSION}-osx-signed/${SIGNER}
git commit -a
git push  # Assuming you can push to the gitian.sigs tree
popd

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

• Perform code-signing.

  • Code-sign Windows -setup.exe (in a Windows virtual machine using signtool)

  Note: only Warren/Coblee has the code-signing keys currently.

• Create SHA256SUMS.asc for the builds, and GPG-sign it:

sha256sum * > SHA256SUMS
gpg --digest-algo sha256 --clearsign SHA256SUMS # outputs SHA256SUMS.asc
rm SHA256SUMS

(the digest algorithm is forced to sha256 to avoid confusion of the Hash: header that GPG adds with the SHA256 used for the files)

• Update litecoin.org version

• Announce the release:

  • Release sticky on litecointalk: https://litecointalk.org/index.php?board=1.0

  • litecoin-development mailing list

  • Update title of #litecoin on Freenode IRC

  • Optionally reddit /r/litecoin, ... but this will usually sort out itself

• Add release notes for the new version to the directory doc/release-notes in git master

• Celebrate