release-process: Add signing of tarball plus minor improvements #1709

1. 
   real-or-random commented at 10:02 am on July 22, 2025: contributor
2. release-process: Refactor 9b793ce593
3. release-process: Add signing of tarball

   Resolves #1175.

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4. release-process: Fix nits 8f9530357b
5. release-process: Add "cleaning up" e6aa166c08
6. real-or-random added the label meta/development on Jul 22, 2025
7. real-or-random added the label release on Jul 22, 2025
8. 
   fanquake commented at 9:45 am on July 24, 2025: member

   You might be interested in this downstream discussion: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/43104#discussion_r2224178492.
9. kmk142789 approved
10. real-or-random added this to the milestone 0.7.1 on Sep 16, 2025
11. 
    hebasto commented at 3:16 pm on September 22, 2025: member

    Would you mind also considering this comment?
12. 
    real-or-random commented at 8:22 pm on September 25, 2025: contributor

    We should look into the https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-maintainer-tools/blob/main/make-tag.py script. Not sure if it’s immediately compatible with libsecp256k1 as it performs a few checks probably specific to Core but the idea to include a Treehash512 in the tag description is clever.

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real-or-random fanquake kmk142789 hebasto

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