readme about creating a new version

also corrected "NuGet" capitalizations

and bumped version in RELEASE_NOTES

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ QuickFIX/n is a .NET port of QuickFIX, an open source C++ FIX engine.
 What's New
 ----------
 
-**CAUTION: There are breaking changes between 1.10 and 1.11!  Please review the 1.11.0 notes below.**
+**CAUTION:**  
+* **There are breaking changes between 1.11 and 1.12!  Please review the 1.12.0 notes below.**
+* **There are breaking changes between 1.10 and 1.11!  Please review the 1.11.0 notes below.**
 
-### NEXT RELEASE
+
+### v1.12.0
 
 **Breaking changes**
 * #768 - span-ify parser (Rob-Hague) - makes a change to QuickFix.Parser interface, which isn't likely to affect users

scripts/Build-Nugets.ps1 → scripts/Build-NuGets.ps1

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 if ($args.Length -gt 0) {
     Write-Error "This script does not take any parameters."
-    Write-Error "The version number comes from the project files, which are updated by Build-Nugets.ps1"
+    Write-Error "The version number comes from the project files, which are updated by Build-NuGets.ps1"
     Exit 1
 }
 
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ cd $rootpath
 dotnet pack -c Release --include-symbols -o $nugetOutPath ./QuickFIXn.sln
 
 if ($LastExitCode -eq 0) {
-    Write-Host '* Built QuickFIX/n nuget packages' -ForegroundColor Cyan
+    Write-Host '* Built QuickFIX/n NuGet packages' -ForegroundColor Cyan
 } else {
     Write-Error "There was an error building QuickFIX/n."
     Exit $ExitCode
 }
 
-Write-Host "* Created nuget packages in $nugetOutPath" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+Write-Host "* Created NuGet packages in $nugetOutPath" -ForegroundColor Cyan
 
-Write-Host "Nuget packages created successfully" -ForegroundColor Green
+Write-Host "NuGet packages created successfully" -ForegroundColor Green

scripts/Push-Nugets.ps1 → scripts/Push-NuGets.ps1

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ if ($missing) {
 Write-Host "==============================================" -ForegroundColor Red
 Write-Host "          * * * ATTENTION * * *               " -ForegroundColor Yellow
 Write-Host "==============================================" -ForegroundColor Red
-Write-Host "I am about to push packages to Nuget.org "
+Write-Host "I am about to push packages to NuGet.org "
 $confirmation = (Read-Host "If you want to proceed, enter 'YES' in all-caps").Trim()
 if ($confirmation -cne 'YES') {
     Write-Host "User entered '$confirmation' -- aborting."

scripts/README_FOR_NEW_VERSIONS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+How To Use These Scripts To Release a New Build
+===============================================
+
+About each script
+-----------------
+
+These are all Powershell scripts, so make sure you have Powershell installed.
+
+Run them with `pwsh <script>`.  Some take a version param e.g. `v1.23.45`.
+
+### `Generate-Message-Sources.ps1`
+
+Runs the code generator, to regenerate the message/field classes from the Data Dictionary xml files.
+
+If you didn't change the DD, then this should have no effect.
+
+### `Delete-Generated-Sources.ps1`
+
+Deletes all generated sources.  Occasionally useful.
+
+### `Bump-Versions.ps1`
+
+Updates the "Version" tag in each csproj file.
+
+### `Build-Zip-Release.ps1`
+
+Builds zips for each project and puts them in `<reporoot>/tmp/zip`.
+
+It will also leave unzipped archive dirs as artifacts.  
+You can delete those if you don't need to see them.  
+(This script deletes them when it starts each run.)
+
+### `Build-NuGets.ps1`
+
+Builds NuGet packages and puts them in `<reporoot>/tmp/nuget`
+
+### `Push-NuGets.ps1`
+
+Pushes the packages to NuGet.org.
+
+You need to set env var `NUGET_QFN_API_KEY`.  To get a key, you need
+to make a nuget.org account and then then generate one in your profile.
+And then Grant needs to add you to the project.
+
+(You could instead manually upload all 10 packages to nuget.org via the web page,
+but that is painfully tedious.)
+
+
+AWS S3 tools setup (for uploading zips)
+---------------------------------------
+
+These are Powershell modules.
+
+You'll need to have an AWS S3 account, and get AWS Access and Secret keys.
+
+```
+pwsh
+# `pwsh` puts you into powershell
+Install-Module -Name AWS.Tools.S3
+Update-Module -Name AWS.Tools.S3
+```
+
+The following command creates a local profile that stores your creds.  
+It will be written to `~/.aws/credentials`  
+Storing it as "default" makes powershell/AWS use it by default.
+
+```
+Set-AWSCredentials -AccessKey <youraccesskey> -SecretKey <yoursecretkey> -StoreAs default
+```
+
+Now you can use the `Write-S3Object` to upload the zip.
+
+
+Release-Creation Procedure
+--------------------------
+
+This is documented here, for Connamara staff only:
+
+https://sites.google.com/connamara.com/internal-qfn-release-procedure/
+
+