This document describes how to make releases of Besu Native.
Please see https://besu.hyperledger.org/ to learn more and contact maintainers if you have questions.
Make sure the CHANGELOG is up-to-date with the latest changes.
Communicate with Besu maintainers and announce your intention to conduct a release.
Make a pull request changing [gradle.properties] version to the next best version.
The repository abides loosely to semver conventions.
- Removing a library or API may require a major version increment (0.7.0 -> 1.0.0)
- Adding a new JAR/Library has been done in minor versions increment (0.6.2 -> 0.7.0)
- Adding a function or API to an existing library has been done in double-dot minor version (0.6.1 -> 0.6.2)
Create a tag with: git tag VERSION
Example: git tag 0.6.2
Push the tag to the repository: git push origin --tags
Create the github release associated with the tag. Copy the contents of the CHANGELOG for your version as Github release notes.
Change [gradle.properties] to the next minor version with a -SNAPSHOT suffix.
Example: version=0.6.2-SNAPSHOT
Add the new version to the [CHANGELOG.md]:
Example: # 0.6.2-SNAPSHOT
Open a PR with this change.