Rusty Russell on Nostr: Writing release notes is fun, but the part I really like in the release process is ...

Writing release notes is fun, but the part I really like in the release process is preparing the first commits for the *next* release:
1. BOLT spec updates. We check all the BOLT quotes in our source, and have a script to update the spec version one commit at a time. This is a grab bag of typo fixes, feature merges (which may mean we no longer need our local patches), and occasionally major changes. It's unpredictable enough that I enjoy it
2. Removing long-deprecated features. We now give a year, then you can enable each deprecated feature individually with a configuration flag, then (if we haven't heard complaints!) we finally remove it. This means removing code (usually ugly shim code) and is a genuine joy.

I've started this for 25.02, and it's a balm after the release grind...