Build the source tarball in CI

Author: cameel

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -1842,6 +1842,17 @@ jobs:
       - matrix_notify_failure_unless_pr
       - matrix_notify_release_unless_pr
 
+  c_source_tarball:
+    <<: *base_ubuntu2404_small
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - setup_prerelease
+      - run: scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: upload/
+      - matrix_notify_failure_unless_pr
+      - matrix_notify_release_unless_pr
+
   b_alpine_docker:
     <<: *base_cimg_small
     steps:
@@ -2017,6 +2028,7 @@ workflows:
             - b_osx
             - b_win
             - b_ems
+      - c_source_tarball: *requires_nothing
 
   nightly:
 

ReleaseChecklist.md

@@ -67,10 +67,7 @@ At least a day before the release:
 - [ ] Wait for the CI runs on the tag itself.
 
 ### Upload Release Artifacts and Publish Binaries
-- [ ] Switch to the tag that archives have to be created for.
-- [ ] Create the `prerelease.txt` file: `echo -n > prerelease.txt`.
-- [ ] Run `scripts/create_source_tarball.sh` to create the source tarball. This will create the tarball in a directory called `upload`.
-- [ ] Take the tarball from the upload directory (its name should be `solidity_x.x.x.tar.gz`, otherwise `prerelease.txt` was missing in the step before) and upload it to the release page.
+- [ ] Take the source tarball (`solidity_x.x.x.tar.gz`) from `c_source_tarball` run of the tagged commit on Circle CI and upload it to the release page.
 - [ ] Take the `github-binaries.tar` tarball from `c_release_binaries` run of the tagged commit on Circle CI and add all binaries from it to the release page.
       Make sure it contains four binaries: `solc-windows.exe`, `solc-macos`, `solc-static-linux` and `soljson.js`.
 - [ ] Take the `solc-bin-binaries.tar` tarball from `c_release_binaries` run of the tagged commit on Circle CI and add all binaries from it to solc-bin.
@@ -135,10 +132,7 @@ At least a day before the release:
     - Check the `Set as a pre-release` box.
     - Click the `Publish release` button on the release page, creating the tag.
 - [ ] Wait for the CI runs on the tag itself.
-- [ ] Switch to the tag that archives have to be created for.
-- [ ] Create the `prerelease.txt` file: `scripts/prerelease_suffix.sh pre "$(git describe --tags --exact-match)" > prerelease.txt`.
-- [ ] Run `scripts/create_source_tarball.sh` to create the source tarball. This will create the tarball in a directory called `upload`.
-- [ ] Take the tarball from the upload directory (its name should be `solidity_x.x.x-pre.N.tar.gz`, if `prerelease.txt` was created correctly) and upload it to the release page.
+- [ ] Take the source tarball (`solidity_x.x.x-pre.N.tar.gz`) from `c_source_tarball` run of the tagged commit on Circle CI and upload it to the release page.
 - [ ] Take the `github-binaries.tar` tarball from `c_release_binaries` run of the tagged commit on Circle CI and add all binaries from it to the release page.
       Make sure it contains four binaries: `solc-windows.exe`, `solc-macos`, `solc-static-linux` and `soljson.js`.
 - [ ] Take the `solc-bin-binaries.tar` tarball from `c_release_binaries` run of the tagged commit on Circle CI and add all binaries from it to solc-bin.