Release 1.0.0-beta.4

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Create a new major (beta) release

Summary

BDK Wallet 1.0.0-beta.4 replaces 1.0.0-beta.3 and fixes a versioning mistake with two of our dependency crates. The bdk-wallet 1.0.0-beta.3 version and related dependency patch releases have been yanked from crates.io.

Commit

TBD

Changelog

See https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta.3

Checklist

Release numbering must follow Semantic Versioning. These steps assume the current master branch development version is 1.0.0-beta.3.

On the day of the feature freeze

Change the master branch to the 1.0.0-beta.4 version:

• Ensure all alpha milestone issues and PRs closed, archive them on the project board.
• Switch to the master branch.
• Create a new PR branch called release/bump_dev_1.0.0_beta.4.
• Create a "draft" release page and release notes comparing master commmit with prior tag v1.0.0-beta.3
• Bump the bump_dev_1.0.0_beta.4 branch to the next development version.
  • Bump the modified crates versions in their Cargo.toml files. [update this list with only changed crates]
    • bdk_core
    • bdk_chain
    • bdk_bitcoind_rpc
    • bdk_electrum
    • bdk_esplora
    • bdk_file_store
    • bdk_testenv
    • bdk_wallet
  • The commit message should be: [update this list with only changed crates]

    Bump bdk_wallet version to 1.0.0-beta.4
    
    bdk_core to 0.2.0
    bdk_chain to 0.19.0
    bdk_bitcoind_rpc to 0.15.0
    bdk_electrum to 0.18.0
    bdk_esplora to 0.18.0
    bdk_file_store to 0.16.0
    bdk_testenv to 0.9.0
    

• Create PR and merge the release/bump_dev_1.0.0-beta.4 branch to master. Bump bdk_wallet version to 1.0.0-beta.4 #1610
  • Title PR "Bump bdk_wallet version to 1.0.0-beta.4".

On the day of the release

Tag and publish new release:

• Add a tag to the HEAD commit in the master branch.
  • git tag v1.0.0-beta.4 --sign -e
  • The tag name should be v1.0.0-beta.4
  • The first line of the tag message should be "Release 1.0.0-beta.4".
  • In the body of the tag message put a copy of the Summary and Changelog for the release.
  • Make sure the tag is signed, for extra safety use the explicit --sign flag.
• Wait for the CI to finish one last time.
• Push the new tag to the bitcoindevkit/bdk repo.
  • git push upstream --tag v1.0.0-beta.4
• Publish all the updated crates to crates.io. [update this list with only changed crates]
  • cargo publish -p <crate name>
  • bdk_core
  • bdk_chain
  • bdk_testenv
  • bdk_bitcoind_rpc
  • bdk_electrum
  • bdk_esplora
  • bdk_file_store
  • bdk_wallet
• Create the release on GitHub.
  • Go to "tags", click on the dots on the right and select "Create Release".
  • Set the title to Release 1.0.0-beta.4.
  • In the release notes body put the Summary and Changelog.
  • Use the "+ Auto-generate release notes" button to add details from included PRs.
  • Until we reach a final 1.0.0 release check the "Pre-release" box.
• Make sure the new release shows up on crates.io and that the docs are built correctly on docs.rs.
• Yank invalid versions from beta.4 release.
  • bdk_core to 0.1.1
  • bdk_chain to 0.18.1
  • bdk_bitcoind_rpc to 0.14.1
  • bdk_electrum to 0.17.1
  • bdk_esplora to 0.17.1
  • bdk_file_store to 0.15.1
  • bdk_testenv to 0.8.1
• Announce the release, using the Summary, on Discord, Twitter and Nostr.
• Celebrate 🎉