Release 2.3.0~rc1

CHANGES

@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ repositories (changes that are automatically handled by the format upgrade tools
 are not marked). Those prefixed with "(+)" are new command/option (since
 2.1.0~alpha2).
 
+2.3.0~rc1:
+* Improve the release script by adding a NetBSD/x86_64 binary
+  [#6258 @kit-ty-kate]
+
 2.3.0~beta2:
 * Fix the detection of the current terminal size
   [#6244 @kit-ty-kate - fix #6243]
-* Ensure the output of opam commands using a column style UI stay consistent
-  accross environment by setting the number of columns to 80 if stdout is not
-  a tty and if the `COLUMNS` env variable is not set [#6244 @kit-ty-kate]
 * Improve the release script by upgrading the platform building the Linux
   binaries to Alpine 3.20, the FreeBSD binary to FreeBSD 14.1 and the
   OpenBSD binary to OpenBSD 7.6 [#6237 @kit-ty-kate]

configure.ac

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl The line below must be formatted AC_INIT([opam],[VERSION]) with no extra spaces
-AC_INIT([opam],[2.3.0~beta3~dev])
+AC_INIT([opam],[2.3.0~rc1])
 AC_COPYRIGHT(Copyright 2012-2019 OcamlPro SAS)
 
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])

opam-client.opam

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
-version: "2.3.0~beta3~dev"
+version: "2.3.0~rc1"
 synopsis: "Client library for opam 2.3"
 description: """
 Actions on the opam root, switches, installations, and front-end.

opam-core.opam

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
-version: "2.3.0~beta3~dev"
+version: "2.3.0~rc1"
 synopsis: "Core library for opam 2.3"
 description:
   "Small standard library extensions, and generic system interaction modules used by opam."

opam-devel.opam

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
-version: "2.3.0~beta3~dev"
+version: "2.3.0~rc1"
 synopsis: "Bootstrapped development binary for opam 2.3"
 description: """
 This package compiles (bootstraps) opam. For consistency and safety of the installation, the binaries are not installed into the PATH, but into lib/opam-devel, from where the user can manually install them system-wide.

opam-format.opam

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
-version: "2.3.0~beta3~dev"
+version: "2.3.0~rc1"
 synopsis: "Format library for opam 2.3"
 description: """
 Definition of opam datastructures and its file interface.

opam-installer.opam

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
-version: "2.3.0~beta3~dev"
+version: "2.3.0~rc1"
 synopsis: "Installation of files to a prefix, following opam conventions"
 description: """
 opam-installer is a small tool that can read *.install files, as defined by opam [1], and execute them to install or remove package files without going through opam.

opam-repository.opam

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
-version: "2.3.0~beta3~dev"
+version: "2.3.0~rc1"
 synopsis: "Repository library for opam 2.3"
 description: """
 This library includes repository and remote sources handling, including curl/wget, rsync, git, mercurial, darcs backends.

opam-solver.opam

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
-version: "2.3.0~beta3~dev"
+version: "2.3.0~rc1"
 synopsis: "Solver library for opam 2.3"
 description: """
 Solver and Cudf interaction. This library is based on the Cudf and Dose libraries, and handles calls to the external solver from opam.

opam-state.opam

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 opam-version: "2.0"
-version: "2.3.0~beta3~dev"
+version: "2.3.0~rc1"
 synopsis: "State library for opam 2.3"
 description: """
 Handling of the ~/.opam hierarchy, repository and switch states.

release/readme.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 * update version in all the opam files and in configure.ac
 * run `make configure` to regenerate `./configure` [checked by github actions]
 * update copyright headers
-* if you're releasing the first final release of a new branch (e.g. 2.2.0): make sure `root_version` in OpamFile.ml is set to the final release number (e.g. for 2.2.0, root_version should be 2.2). Make sure that opamFormatUpgrade.ml also contains an upgrade function from the previous version (that function will most likely be empty)
+* if you're releasing the first final release of a new branch (e.g. 2.2.0) and the `root_version` has changed since the previous stable version (e.g. 2.1.6): make sure `root_version` in OpamFile.ml is set to the final release number (e.g. for 2.2.0, `root_version` should be 2.2). Make sure that `opamFormatUpgrade.ml` also contains an upgrade function from the previous version (that function will most likely be empty), and that `opamroot-versions.test` is updated accordingly too.
 * run `make tests`, `opam-rt` [checked by github actions]
 * update the CHANGE file: take `master_changes.md` content to fill it