solidity/ReleaseChecklist.md
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## 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<previous version>`` 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-<version>.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.
- [ ] 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.
Use ``#xp`` at the end of the tweet to automatically cross post the announcement to Fosstodon.
- [ ] 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 the [Solidity forum](https://forum.soliditylang.org) in the ``Announcements`` category.
- [ ] Update the release information section on [soliditylang.org](https://github.com/ethereum/solidity-portal).
- [ ] Lean back, wait for bug reports and repeat from step 1 :).