ReleaseChecklist: Add "still in progress" warning and make the release page a single point

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Kamil Śliwak 2022-08-08 18:17:38 +02:00
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- [ ] Copy the changelog into the release blog post.
### Create the Release
- [ ] Create Github release page: https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/releases/new
- [ ] On the release page, select the ``develop`` branch as new target and set tag to the new version (e.g. `v0.8.5`) (make sure you only `SAVE DRAFT` instead of `PUBLISH RELEASE` before the actual release)
- [ ] Thank voluntary contributors in the Github release page (use ``git shortlog -s -n -e v0.5.3..origin/develop``).
- [ ] Create a [release on github](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/releases/new).
Set the target to the ``develop`` branch and the tag to the new version, e.g. `v0.8.5`.
Include the following warning: ``**The release is still in progress and the binaries may not yet be available from all sources.**``.
Don't publish it yet - click the ``Save draft`` button instead.
- [ ] Thank voluntary contributors in the Github release notes (use ``git shortlog -s -n -e v0.5.3..origin/develop``).
- [ ] Check that all tests on the latest commit in ``develop`` are green.
- [ ] Click the `PUBLISH RELEASE` button on the release page, creating the tag.
- [ ] Click the `Publish release` button on the release page, creating the tag.
- [ ] Wait for the CI runs on the tag itself.
### Upload Release Artifacts and Publish Binaries
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### Post-release
- [ ] Make sure the documentation for the new release has been published successfully.
Go to https://readthedocs.org/projects/solidity/ and verify that the new version is listed, works and is marked as default.
- [ ] Remove "still in progress" warning from the release notes.
- [ ] Publish the blog posts.
- [ ] Create a commit to increase the version number on ``develop`` in ``CMakeLists.txt`` and add a new skeleton changelog entry.
- [ ] Announce on Twitter, including links to the release and the blog post.