release process: fix process for maintenance release

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Jonas Nick 2023-05-12 14:20:07 +00:00
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@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ gcc -o ecdsa examples/ecdsa.c -I $dir/include -L $dir/lib*/ -l secp256k1 -Wl,-rp
Note that bugfixes only need to be backported to releases for which no compatible release without the bug exists.
1. If `$PATCH = 1`, create maintenance branch `$MAJOR.$MINOR`:
1. If there's no maintenance branch `$MAJOR.$MINOR`, create one:
```
git checkout -b $MAJOR.$MINOR v$MAJOR.$MINOR.0
git checkout -b $MAJOR.$MINOR v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$((PATCH - 1))
git push git@github.com:bitcoin-core/secp256k1.git $MAJOR.$MINOR
```
2. Open a pull request to the `$MAJOR.$MINOR` branch that
* includes the bugfixes,
* finalizes the release notes,
* finalizes the release notes similar to a regular release,
* increments `_PKG_VERSION_PATCH` and `_LIB_VERSION_REVISION` in `configure.ac`
and the `$PATCH` component of `project(libsecp256k1 VERSION ...)` and `${PROJECT_NAME}_LIB_VERSION_REVISION` in `CMakeLists.txt`
(with commit message `"release: bump versions for $MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"`, for example).