Motivation
This should be done before the branch-off, and can be done by anyone, as the steps are reproducible and reviewable.
Possible solution
Follow the documentation: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-process.md#before-branch-off
Useful Skills
- Compiling Bitcoin Core from source
- Running the C++ unit tests and the Python functional tests
- …
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