Auto-generate MSVC version information #23073

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   laanwj commented at 9:07 am on September 23, 2021: member

   Right now, bumping the version involves updating the version in two places:

   • configure.ac
   • build_msvc/bitcoin_config.h (in multiple places—see for example commit f277b1782c5aae0fab83e3d678189c150ae0f263)

   I think it should be doable to parse the information from configure.ac in msvc-autogen.py, so that this is no longer something error-prone that has to be done manually.

   If you do this, also update the release process.

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   Python, MSVC

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   beerzyp commented at 12:47 pm on October 2, 2021: none

   Can you assign me this issue?
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   hebasto commented at 1:37 pm on October 2, 2021: member

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