release: prepare for 0.3.0

Author: jonasnick

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.3.0] - 2023-03-08
+
 #### Added
  - Usage examples: Added a recommended method for securely clearing sensitive data, e.g., secret keys, from memory.
- - Tests: Added a new test binary `noverify_tests`. This binary runs the tests without some additional checks present in the ordinary `tests` binary and is thereby closer to production binaries. The `noverify_tests` binary is automatically run as part of the `make check` target. 
+ - Tests: Added a new test binary `noverify_tests`. This binary runs the tests without some additional checks present in the ordinary `tests` binary and is thereby closer to production binaries. The `noverify_tests` binary is automatically run as part of the `make check` target.
 
 #### Fixed
  - Fixed declarations of API variables for MSVC (`__declspec(dllimport)`). This fixes MSVC builds of programs which link against a libsecp256k1 DLL dynamically and use API variables (and not only API functions). Unfortunately, the MSVC linker now will emit warning `LNK4217` when trying to link against libsecp256k1 statically. Pass `/ignore:4217` to the linker to suppress this warning.
@@ -19,7 +21,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  - Forbade randomizing (copies of) `secp256k1_context_static`. Randomizing a copy of `secp256k1_context_static` did not have any effect and did not provide defense-in-depth protection against side-channel attacks. Create a new context if you want to benefit from randomization.
 
 #### Removed
- - Removed the configuration header `src/libsecp256k1-config.h`. We recommend passing flags to `./configure` to set configuration options (see `./configure --help`). If you cannot or do not want to use `./configure`, pass configuration flags such as `-DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_SCHNORRSIG` manually to the compiler (see the file `configure.ac` for supported flags). 
+ - Removed the configuration header `src/libsecp256k1-config.h`. We recommend passing flags to `./configure` to set configuration options (see `./configure --help`). If you cannot or do not want to use `./configure`, pass configuration flags such as `-DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_SCHNORRSIG` manually to the compiler (see the file `configure.ac` for supported flags).
+
+#### ABI Compatibility
+
+Due to changes in the API regarding `secp256k1_context_static` described above, the ABI is *not* compatible with previous versions.
 
 ## [0.2.0] - 2022-12-12
 
@@ -48,6 +54,7 @@ This version was in fact never released.
 The number was given by the build system since the introduction of autotools in Jan 2014 (ea0fe5a5bf0c04f9cc955b2966b614f5f378c6f6).
 Therefore, this version number does not uniquely identify a set of source files.
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/compare/v0.2.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/compare/v0.3.0...HEAD
+[0.3.0]: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0
 [0.2.0]: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/compare/423b6d19d373f1224fd671a982584d7e7900bc93..v0.2.0
 [0.1.0]: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/commit/423b6d19d373f1224fd671a982584d7e7900bc93

configure.ac

@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.60])
 # the API. All changes in experimental modules are treated as
 # backwards-compatible and therefore at most increase the minor version.
 define(_PKG_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
-define(_PKG_VERSION_MINOR, 2)
-define(_PKG_VERSION_PATCH, 1)
-define(_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
+define(_PKG_VERSION_MINOR, 3)
+define(_PKG_VERSION_PATCH, 0)
+define(_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
 
 # The library version is based on libtool versioning of the ABI. The set of
 # rules for updating the version can be found here:
 # https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html
 # All changes in experimental modules are treated as if they don't affect the
 # interface and therefore only increase the revision.
-define(_LIB_VERSION_CURRENT, 1)
-define(_LIB_VERSION_REVISION, 1)
+define(_LIB_VERSION_CURRENT, 2)
+define(_LIB_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_LIB_VERSION_AGE, 0)
 
 AC_INIT([libsecp256k1],m4_join([.], _PKG_VERSION_MAJOR, _PKG_VERSION_MINOR, _PKG_VERSION_PATCH)m4_if(_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, [true], [], [-dev]),[https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/issues],[libsecp256k1],[https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1])