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doc: Update release process for snap package #15489

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Expand Up @@ -291,24 +291,48 @@ bitcoin.org (see below for bitcoin.org update instructions).
- After the pull request is merged, the website will automatically show the newest version within 15 minutes, as well
as update the OS download links. Ping @saivann/@harding (saivann/harding on Freenode) in case anything goes wrong

- Announce the release:

- bitcoin-dev and bitcoin-core-dev mailing list

- Bitcoin Core announcements list https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/
- Update other repositories and websites for new version

- bitcoincore.org blog post

- bitcoincore.org RPC documentation update

- Update title of #bitcoin on Freenode IRC
- Update packaging repo

- Optionally twitter, reddit /r/Bitcoin, ... but this will usually sort out itself
- Notify BlueMatt so that he can start building [the PPAs](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin)

- Create a new branch for the major release "0.xx" (used to build the snap package)
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Huh? We already have the branch by this point.

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This is for the packaging repo under bitcoin-core/packaging


- Notify MarcoFalke so that he can start building the snap package

- https://code.launchpad.net/~bitcoin-core/bitcoin-core-snap/+git/packaging (Click "Import Now" to fetch the branch)
- https://code.launchpad.net/~bitcoin-core/bitcoin-core-snap/+git/packaging/+ref/0.xx (Click "Create snap package")
- Name it "bitcoin-core-snap-0.xx"
- Leave owner and series as-is
- Select architectures that are compiled via gitian
- Leave "automatically build when branch changes" unticked
- Tick "automatically upload to store"
- Put "bitcoin-core" in the registered store package name field
- Tick the "edge" box
- Put "0.xx" in the track field
- Click "create snap package"
- Click "Request builds" for every new release on this branch (after updating the snapcraft.yml in the branch to reflect the latest gitian results)
- Promote release on https://snapcraft.io/bitcoin-core/releases if it passes sanity checks

- Notify BlueMatt so that he can start building [the PPAs](https://launchpad.net/~bitcoin/+archive/ubuntu/bitcoin)
- This repo

- Archive release notes for the new version to `doc/release-notes/` (branch `master` and branch of the release)
- Archive release notes for the new version to `doc/release-notes/` (branch `master` and branch of the release)

- Create a [new GitHub release](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/new) with a link to the archived release notes.
- Create a [new GitHub release](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases/new) with a link to the archived release notes.

- Announce the release:

- bitcoin-dev and bitcoin-core-dev mailing list

- Bitcoin Core announcements list https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/

- Update title of #bitcoin on Freenode IRC

- Optionally twitter, reddit /r/Bitcoin, ... but this will usually sort out itself

- Celebrate