Merge bitcoin#8233: Mention Linux ARM executables in release process and notes

06f40ef depends: Mention aarch64 as common cross-compile target (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
05f64c9 doc: Mention Linux ARM builds in release notes (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
b7bf037 doc: Mention ARM executables in release process (Wladimir J. van der Laan)

Author: laanwj

depends/README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Common `host-platform-triplets` for cross compilation are:
 - `i686-w64-mingw32` for Win32
 - `x86_64-w64-mingw32` for Win64
 - `x86_64-apple-darwin11` for MacOSX
-- `arm-linux-gnueabihf` for Linux ARM
+- `arm-linux-gnueabihf` for Linux ARM 32 bit
+- `aarch64-linux-gnu` for Linux ARM 64 bit
 
 No other options are needed, the paths are automatically configured.
 

doc/release-notes.md

@@ -61,6 +61,26 @@ When cross-compiling for a target that doesn't have C++11 libraries, configure w
 For running the functional tests in `qa/rpc-tests`, Python3.4 or higher is now
 required.
 
+Linux ARM builds
+------------------
+
+Due to popular request, Linux ARM builds have been added to the uploaded
+executables.
+
+The following extra files can be found in the download directory or torrent:
+
+- `bitcoin-${VERSION}-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz`: Linux binaries for the most
+  common 32-bit ARM architecture.
+- `bitcoin-${VERSION}-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz`: Linux binaries for the most
+  common 64-bit ARM architecture.
+
+ARM builds are still experimental. If you have problems on a certain device or
+Linux distribution combination please report them on the bug tracker, it may be
+possible to resolve them.
+
+Note that Android is not considered ARM Linux in this context. The executables
+are not expected to work out of the box on Android.
+
 0.13.0 Change log
 =================
 

doc/release-process.md

@@ -204,8 +204,10 @@ sha256sum * > SHA256SUMS
 
 The list of files should be:
 ```
-bitcoin-${VERSION}-linux32.tar.gz
-bitcoin-${VERSION}-linux64.tar.gz
+bitcoin-${VERSION}-aarch64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+bitcoin-${VERSION}-arm-linux-gnueabihf.tar.gz
+bitcoin-${VERSION}-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+bitcoin-${VERSION}-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
 bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx64.tar.gz
 bitcoin-${VERSION}-osx.dmg
 bitcoin-${VERSION}.tar.gz
@@ -214,6 +216,11 @@ bitcoin-${VERSION}-win32.zip
 bitcoin-${VERSION}-win64-setup.exe
 bitcoin-${VERSION}-win64.zip
 ```
+The `*-debug*` files generated by the gitian build contain debug symbols
+for troubleshooting by developers. It is assumed that anyone that is interested
+in debugging can run gitian to generate the files for themselves. To avoid
+end-user confusion about which file to pick, as well as save storage
+space *do not upload these to the bitcoin.org server, nor put them in the torrent*.
 
 - GPG-sign it, delete the unsigned file:
 ```