How to create a major release

Here is an example how to create the major release 21.02.

1. create a commit to set branch defaults
2. create branches
3. create release keys
4. configure build bots

First create the release branch on

• source.git (main repo)
• package.git
• routing.git
• telephony.git
• lucy.git

similiar to ?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=1cd121dd11aadc799b179ebb8600f27621acc84f

append the branch as ;21.02. E.g. src-git packages https://git.openwrt.org/feed/packages.git;openwrt-21.02

VERSION_NUMBER = 21.02-SNAPSHOT
VERSION_REPO = "http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02-SNAPSHOT"

VERSION_REPO:
  default: http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02-SNAPSHOT

TODO: put this patching step into maketag.sh (https://github.com/KanjiMonster/maintainer-tools)