Release 0.27.2

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Create a new patch release

Summary

Disable default-features for rust-bitcoin and rust-miniscript dependencies, and for rust-esplora-client optional dependency.

Commit

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Changelog

Changed

• Set default-features = false for rust-bitcoin and rust-miniscript Set default-features = false for rust-bitcoin and rust-miniscript #882
• Update esplora client dependency to version 0.4 Update esplora client dependency to version 0.4 #884

Checklist

Release numbering must follow Semantic Versioning. These steps assume the current release/0.27
branch maintenace version is 0.27.1.

On the day of the patch release

Change the release/0.27 branch to the new PATCH+1 version:

• Switch to the release/0.27 branch.
• Create a new PR branch called bump_dev_0_27_2.
• Bump the bump_dev_0_27_2 branch to the next development PATCH+1 version.
  • Change the Cargo.toml version value to 0.27.2.
  • Update the CHANGELOG.md file.
  • The commit message should be "Bump version to 0.27.2".
• Create PR and merge the bump_dev_0_27_2 branch to release/0.27.
  • Title PR "Bump version to 0.27.2".

Cherry-pick or make new PRs on master, tag and publish new PATCH+1 release:

• Merge fix PRs to the master branch.
  Set bitcoin, miniscript default-features = false, bump esplora-client version to 0.4 #893
• Verify fixes in release branch.
• Add a tag to the HEAD commit in the release/0.27 branch.
  • The tag name should be v0.27.2
  • The first line of the tag message should be "Release 0.27.2".
  • In the body of the tag message put a copy of the Summary and Changelog for the release.
  • Make sure the tag is signed, for extra safety use the explicit --sign flag.
• Wait for the CI to finish one last time.
• Push the new tag to the bitcoindevkit/bdk repo.
• Publish all the updated crates to crates.io.
• Create the release on GitHub.
  • Go to "tags", click on the dots on the right and select "Create Release".
  • Set the title to Release 0.27.2.
  • In the release notes body put the Summary and Changelog.
  • Use the "+ Auto-generate release notes" button to add details from included PRs.
  • Until we reach a 1.0.0 release check the "Pre-release" box.
• Make sure the new release shows up on crates.io and that the docs are built correctly on docs.rs.
• Announce the release, using the Summary, on Discord, Twitter and Mastodon.
• Celebrate 🎉