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# Release instructions
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This document outlines the neo-go release process. It can be used as a todo
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list for a new release.
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## Pre-release checks
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These should run successfully:
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* build
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* unit-tests
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* lint
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* privnet with consensus nodes
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## Writing CHANGELOG
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Add an entry to the CHANGELOG.md following the style established there. Add a
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codename, version and release date in the heading. Write a paragraph
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describing the most significant changes done in this release. Then, add
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sections with new features implemented and bugs fixed describing each change in detail and
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with a reference to Github issues. Add generic improvements section for
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changes that are not directly visible to the node end-user, such as performance
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optimizations, refactoring and API changes. Add a "Behaviour changes" section
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if there are any incompatible changes in default settings or the way commands
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operate.
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## Updating ROADMAP
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Update ROADMAP.md if necessary.
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## Tag the release
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Use `vX.Y.Z` tag following the semantic versioning standard.
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## Push changes and release tag to Github
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This step should bypass the default PR mechanism to get a correct result (so
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that releasing requires admin privileges for the project). Both the `master`
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branch update and the tag must be pushed simultaneously like this:
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$ git push origin master v0.70.1
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This is important to ensure proper version in a CI-built binary. Wait for
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CircleCI to build it (or them if we're to have more than one OS or
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architecture), download it and rename to `neo-go-$OS-$ARCH`, at the moment
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that should be `neo-go-linux-amd64`.
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## Make a proper Github release
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Edit an automatically-created release on Github, copy things from changelog
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there and attach previously downloaded binary. Make a release.
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## Close Github milestone
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Close corresponding X.Y.Z Github milestone.
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## Announcements
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Copy the github release page link to:
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* Discord channel
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* Riot channel
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## Deployment
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Deploy the updated version to the mainnet/testnet.
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## Post-release
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The first commit after the release must be tagged with `X.Y.Z+1-pre` tag for
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proper semantic-versioned builds. So, it's good to make some minor
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documentation update after the release and push it with this new tag.
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