## Checklist for making a release: ### Requirements - [ ] GitHub account with access to [solidity](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity), [solc-js](https://github.com/ethereum/solc-js), [solc-bin](https://github.com/ethereum/solc-bin), [homebrew-ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum), [solidity-blog](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-blog) and [solidity-portal](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-portal) repositories. - [ ] DockerHub account with push rights to the [``solc`` image](https://hub.docker.com/r/ethereum/solc). - [ ] Lauchpad (Ubuntu One) account with a membership in the ["Ethereum" team](https://launchpad.net/~ethereum) and a gnupg key for your email in the ``ethereum.org`` domain (has to be version 1, gpg2 won't work). - [ ] Ubuntu/Debian dependencies of the PPA scripts: ``devscripts``, ``debhelper``, ``dput``, ``git``, ``wget``, ``ca-certificates``. - [ ] [npm Registry](https://www.npmjs.com) account added as a collaborator for the [``solc`` package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/solc). - [ ] Access to the [solidity_lang Twitter account](https://twitter.com/solidity_lang). - [ ] [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com) account that is at least 10 days old with a minimum of 20 comment karma (``/r/ethereum`` requirements). ### Pre-flight checks At least a day before the release: - [ ] Run ``make linkcheck`` from within ``docs/`` and fix any broken links it finds. Ignore false positives caused by ``href`` anchors and dummy links not meant to work. - [ ] Make sure that all merged PRs that should have changelog entries do have them. - [ ] Rerun CI on the top commits of main branches in all repositories that do not have daily activity by creating a test branch or PR: - [ ] ``solc-js`` - [ ] ``solc-bin`` (make sure the bytecode comparison check did run) - [ ] ``homebrew-ethereum`` - [ ] (Optional) Create a prerelease in our Ubuntu PPA by following the steps in the PPA section below on ``develop`` rather than on a tag. This is recommended especially when dealing with PPA for the first time, when we add a new Ubuntu version or when the PPA scripts were modified in this release cycle. - [ ] Verify that the release tarball of ``solc-js`` works. Bump version locally, add ``soljson.js`` from CI, build it, compare the file structure with the previous version, install it locally and try to use it. ### Drafts At least a day before the release: - [ ] Create a draft PR to sort the changelog. - [ ] Create draft PRs to bump version in ``solidity`` and ``solc-js``. - [ ] Create a draft of the release on github. - [ ] Create a draft PR to update soliditylang.org. - [ ] Create drafts of blog posts. - [ ] Prepare drafts of Twitter, Reddit and Solidity Forum announcements. ### Blog Post - [ ] Create a post on [solidity-blog](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-blog) in the ``Releases`` category and explain some of the new features or concepts. - [ ] Create a post on [solidity-blog](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-blog) in the ``Security Alerts`` category in case of important bug(s). ### Changelog - [ ] Sort the changelog entries alphabetically and correct any errors you notice. Commit it. - [ ] Update the changelog to include a release date. - [ ] Run ``scripts/update_bugs_by_version.py`` to regenerate ``bugs_by_version.json`` from the changelog and ``bugs.json``. Make sure that the resulting ``bugs_by_version.json`` has a new, empty entry for the new version. - [ ] Commit changes, create a pull request and wait for the tests. Then merge it. - [ ] Copy the changelog into the release blog post. ### Create the Release - [ ] 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 ``scripts/list_contributors.sh v`` to get initial list of names. Remove different variants of the same name manually before using the output. - [ ] Check that all tests on the latest commit in ``develop`` are green. - [ ] 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 - [ ] Switch to the tag that archives have to be created for. - [ ] Create the ``prerelease.txt`` file: (``echo -n > prerelease.txt``). - [ ] Run ``scripts/create_source_tarball.sh`` while being on the tag to create the source tarball. This will create the tarball in a directory called ``upload``. - [ ] Take the tarball from the upload directory (its name should be ``solidity_x.x.x.tar.gz``, otherwise ``prerelease.txt`` was missing in the step before) and upload the source tarball to the release page. - [ ] Take the ``github-binaries.tar`` tarball from ``c_release_binaries`` run of the tagged commit in circle-ci and add all binaries from it to the release page. Make sure it contains four binaries: ``solc-windows.exe``, ``solc-macos``, ``solc-static-linux`` and ``soljson.js``. - [ ] Take the ``solc-bin-binaries.tar`` tarball from ``c_release_binaries`` run of the tagged commit in circle-ci and add all binaries from it to solc-bin. - [ ] Run ``npm run update -- --reuse-hashes`` in ``solc-bin`` and verify that the script has updated ``list.js``, ``list.txt`` and ``list.json`` files correctly and that symlinks to the new release have been added in ``solc-bin/wasm/`` and ``solc-bin/emscripten-wasm32/``. - [ ] Create a pull request in solc-bin and merge. ### Homebrew and MacOS - [ ] Update the version and the hash (``sha256sum solidity_$VERSION.tar.gz``) in the [``solidity`` formula in Homebrew core repository](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/solidity.rb). - [ ] Update the version and the hash (``sha256sum solidity_$VERSION.tar.gz``) in [our custom ``solidity`` Homebrew formula](https://github.com/ethereum/homebrew-ethereum/blob/master/solidity.rb). ### Docker - [ ] Run ``./scripts/docker_deploy_manual.sh v$VERSION``. ### PPA - [ ] Create ``.release_ppa_auth`` at the root of your local Solidity checkout and set ``LAUNCHPAD_EMAIL`` and ``LAUNCHPAD_KEYID`` to your key's email and key id. - [ ] Double-check that the ``DISTRIBUTIONS`` list in ``scripts/release_ppa.sh`` and ``scripts/deps-ppa/static_z3.sh`` contains the most recent versions of Ubuntu. - [ ] Make sure the [``~ethereum/cpp-build-deps`` PPA repository](https://launchpad.net/~ethereum/+archive/ubuntu/cpp-build-deps) contains ``libz3-static-dev builds`` for all current versions of Ubuntu. Note that it may be included in the ``z3-static`` multipackage (follow the ``View package details`` link to check). If not present, run ``scripts/deps-ppa/static_z3.sh`` and wait for the builds to succeed before continuing. - [ ] Run ``scripts/release_ppa.sh v$VERSION`` to create the PPA release. This will create a single package containing static binary for older Ubuntu versions in the [``~ethereum/ethereum-static`` PPA](https://launchpad.net/~ethereum/+archive/ubuntu/ethereum-static) and separate packages with dynamically-linked binaries for recent versions (those listed in ``DISTRIBUTIONS``) in the [``~ethereum/ethereum`` PPA](https://launchpad.net/~ethereum/+archive/ubuntu/ethereum). - [ ] Wait for the build to be finished and published for *all architectures* (currently we only build for ``amd64``, but we may add ``arm`` in the future). **SERIOUSLY: DO NOT PROCEED EARLIER!!!** - [ ] *After* the package with the static build is *published*, use it to create packages for older Ubuntu versions. Copy the static package to the [``~ethereum/ethereum`` PPA](https://launchpad.net/~ethereum/+archive/ubuntu/ethereum) for the destination series ``Trusty``, ``Xenial`` and ``Bionic`` while selecting ``Copy existing binaries``. ### Release solc-js - [ ] Wait until solc-bin was properly deployed. You can test this via remix - a test run through remix is advisable anyway. - [ ] Increment the version number, create a pull request for that, merge it after tests succeeded. - [ ] Run ``npm run build:tarball`` in the updated ``solc-js`` repository to create ``solc-.tgz``. Inspect the tarball to ensure that it contains an up to date compiler binary. - [ ] Run ``npm run publish:tarball`` to publish the newly created tarball. - [ ] Create a tag using ``git tag --annotate v$VERSION`` and push it with ``git push --tags``. ### Post-release - [ ] Make sure the documentation for the new release has been published successfully. Go to the [documentation status page at ReadTheDocs](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](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/releases). - [ ] Merge the [blog posts](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-blog/pulls) related to the release. - [ ] Create a commit to increase the version number on ``develop`` in ``CMakeLists.txt`` and add a new skeleton changelog entry. - [ ] Update the release information section [in the source of soliditylang.org](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-portal/blob/master/index.html). - [ ] Announce on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/solidity_lang), including links to the release and the blog post. - [ ] Announce on [Fosstodon](https://fosstodon.org/@solidity/), including links to the release and the blog post. - [ ] Share the announcement on Reddit in [``/r/ethdev``](https://reddit.com/r/ethdev/), cross-posted to [``/r/ethereum``](https://reddit.com/r/ethereum/). - [ ] Share the announcement on the [Solidity forum](https://forum.soliditylang.org) in the ``Announcements`` category. - [ ] Share the announcement on [Project Updates](https://discord.com/channels/420394352083337236/798974456704925696) - [ ] Share the announcement on [`#solidity` channel on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#ethereum_solidity:gitter.im) - [ ] Share the announcement on [`#solc-tooling`](https://matrix.to/#/#solc-tooling:matrix.org) - [ ] Lean back, wait for bug reports and repeat from step 1 :).