Merge bitcoin-core/secp256k1#1907: release cleanup: bump version after 0.8.0
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Merge bitcoin-core/secp256k1#1907: release cleanup: bump version after 0.8.0
78657bf28b59f7069d06e140a584d0b4ee34a3af release cleanup: bump version after 0.8.0 (Sebastian Falbesoner)
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utACK 78657bf28b59f7069d06e140a584d0b4ee34a3af
Tree-SHA512: 12d7d0261958f3f326811d03103a56efeeeff61f541924a054b58e4085339873742c27c20e7d623dffbf83f554c3c48c51ffa7edb6e177ae405209f1d776e601
What changed, and why it matters
This commit is a routine post-release bookkeeping change. It bumps the project's version number from 0.8.0 to 0.8.1, marks the current code as an unreleased development snapshot, and updates the changelog accordingly. There are no code, cryptographic, or build-logic changes that affect security.
No security action needed. Treat as normal release-maintenance commit.
Security signals we found
No strong security signals were identified.
Evidence from the diff
The diff only touches version metadata: CHANGELOG.md adds an ‘Unreleased’ section and comparison link; CMakeLists.txt updates project VERSION from 0.8.0 to 0.8.1 and lib version revision from 0 to 1; configure.ac updates package patch version from 0 to 1 and sets _PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE to false. No source files, build configuration behavior, or cryptographic routines are modified.
Changed components
Inspect captured patch +8 / −5
### CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+## [Unreleased]
+
## [0.8.0] - 2026-08-03
#### Added
@@ -223,6 +225,7 @@ 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/v0.8.0...HEAD
[0.8.0]: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/compare/v0.7.1...v0.8.0
[0.7.1]: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/compare/v0.7.0...v0.7.1
[0.7.0]: https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0
### CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ project(libsecp256k1
# The package (a.k.a. release) version is based on semantic versioning 2.0.0 of
# the API. All changes in experimental modules are treated as
# backwards-compatible and therefore at most increase the minor version.
- VERSION 0.8.0
+ VERSION 0.8.1
DESCRIPTION "Optimized C library for ECDSA signatures and secret/public key operations on curve secp256k1."
HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1"
LANGUAGES C
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
# All changes in experimental modules are treated as if they don't affect the
# interface and therefore only increase the revision.
set(${PROJECT_NAME}_LIB_VERSION_CURRENT 7)
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_LIB_VERSION_REVISION 0)
+set(${PROJECT_NAME}_LIB_VERSION_REVISION 1)
set(${PROJECT_NAME}_LIB_VERSION_AGE 0)
#=============================
### configure.ac
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.60])
# backwards-compatible and therefore at most increase the minor version.
define(_PKG_VERSION_MAJOR, 0)
define(_PKG_VERSION_MINOR, 8)
-define(_PKG_VERSION_PATCH, 0)
-define(_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
+define(_PKG_VERSION_PATCH, 1)
+define(_PKG_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
# 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, 7)
-define(_LIB_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
+define(_LIB_VERSION_REVISION, 1)
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])Why this scored 15/100
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